POWERED SURGICAL APPARATUS

• Main Authors: BURROUGHS, ANDREW, CHRISTOPHER, MYKLEBY, PERRY, ROBIN, CRUSE, ENERGY, II, MILLS, CARRIE, DEANNE, JOHNSTON, CONSTANCE, ELAINE, TAPPEL, JAMES, GERARD, CHOW, BENJAMIN, MARK, RUSH, BENJAMIN, LEO, ENDERS, THOMAS, FRANZ, BRAUER, JACOB, SHIEFFELIN, MONSON, RODNEY, HAL, BRENNEMAN, SCOTT, ANDREW, KARAHALIOS, TASOS, GEORGE, ISAACS, DICKON, SUGALSKI, ERIC, CHRISTOPHER, RYAN, PHILLIP, ANDREW
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 10.10.2007
• Subjects: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; SURGERY

A powered surgical apparatus can be used with a source of irrigation fluid and a source of suction. The powered surgical apparatus can include a cutting blade assembly and a handle. The handle can include an upper portion defining a distal section connectable to the cutting blade assembly and a lower portion extending downwardly from the upper portion. The handle can be connectable to the source of irrigation fluid and the source of suction. The system can also include a manually actuable input device that provides at least one signal relevant to at least one operation of the system, and a controller that receives the at least one input signal and provides an output signal to perform the at least one operation of the system.