Patents Assigned to Gyrus ACMI, Inc. d.b.s. Olympus Surgical Technologies America
  • Publication number: 20150073364
    Abstract: A surgical instrument has a hollow tubular member, and a pressurization unit that has an outer valve portion, a pressurization device having a movable part configured to generate pressurized fluid when the movable part is moved, and an inner valve portion. The inner valve portion includes a first flow passage that is configured to fluidically connect a first port and a second port of the outer valve portion to each other when the inner valve portion is in a first position, and a second flow passage that is configured between the inner valve portion and the outer valve portion to fluidically connect the first port and a third port when the inner valve portion is in a second position. A sealing system fluidically isolates the second port and the third port from each other at any position of the inner valve portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: Gyrus ACMI, Inc. d.b.s. Olympus Surgical Technologies America
    Inventors: Ming J. Cheng, Chee K. Teo, Kevin C. Edwards, Michael J. Bennett, John P. Flynn, Matthias Reif, Phillip A. Ryan, Allen C. Palmer