SURGICAL DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FACILITATING MULTIPLE FLOW PATH FLUID MANAGEMENT

• Main Authors: Bates, Kathleen J, Mowlai-Ashtiani, Ali, Nguyen, Thoai D, Hrenchir, Paul, Slenker, Dale E, Malang, Keith W, Lahey, Clint N.M, Morley, Alexander J
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 15.06.2023
• 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; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE

A fluid management system includes a control console and a cassette. The control console includes a housing, a cassette bay defined within the housing, and an actuation mechanism disposed within the housing and including a plurality of actuators. The cassette is insertable into the cassette bay of the control console and includes a chassis supporting a plurality of fluid flow paths through the cassette, and an outer housing defining at least one access opening providing access to the plurality of fluid flow paths. With the cassette positioned within the cassette bay, each actuator of the plurality of actuators is aligned with an access opening of the at least one access opening to enable each actuator, upon actuation thereof, to close a corresponding fluid flow path of the plurality of fluid flow paths.