Abstract: A system is disclosed for delivering gas during a laparoscopic surgical procedure performed within a patient's abdominal cavity requiring smoke evacuation which includes a gas delivery device having a housing with a port for receiving pressurized insufflating gas from a gas source, a pump assembly for circulating gas throughout the system, and a disposable gas conditioning unit or filter cartridge configured for operative association with the gas delivery device.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 30, 2015
Date of Patent:
July 12, 2016
Assignee:
SurgiQues, Inc.
Inventors:
Dominick Mastri, Ralph Stearns, Michael J. Augelli, Kenneth Blier