Fluid handling assembly and related tube set and method for use in surgical procedures
A fluid handling system for a surgical procedure includes a console and a tubing set. The console exhibits a peristaltic pump, a pinch valve, one above the other. Two recessed seats are located to the left and right sides of the pump and valve. The tubing set includes an irrigation tube and an aspiration tube each coupled to a pair of magnetic disks disposable in respective ones of the recessed seats. Upon such disposition, the irrigation tube is disposable in operative engagement with the peristaltic pump and the aspiration tube is insertable into a slot of the pinch valve.
1 . An apparatus, comprising:
a housing having a panel;
a peristaltic pump mounted to the housing and extending outwardly from said panel;
a pinch valve mounted to the housing, the peristaltic pump and the pinch valve being spaced along a line from one another; and
a first seat and a second seat on the panel on opposite sides of the line, the first seat having a first geometric configuration and the second seat having a second geometric configuration different from the first geometric configuration, the first seat configured to receive a first attachment element and the second seat configured to receive a second attachment element such that such that an irrigation tube and an aspiration tube extending between the first and second attachment elements are positioned to engage with the peristaltic pump and the pinch valve, respectively.
2 . The apparatus defined in claim 1 , wherein the apparatus further includes:
coupling elements that cooperate with coupling elements on the first attachment element and the second attachment element to releasably fasten the first attachment element and the second attachment element to the panel at the first seat and the second seat, respectively.
3 . The apparatus defined in claim 2 , wherein at least a plurality of the coupling elements include magnets.
4 . The apparatus defined in claim 2 , wherein the first attachment element and the second attachment element are disks of different sizes.
5 . The apparatus defined in claim 1 , wherein the first attachment element and the second attachment element have different geometries.
6 . A fluid handling system for a surgical treatment, comprising:
an irrigation tube;
an aspiration tube;
a first attachment element having a first geometry seatable in a first seat of a panel of a console; and
a second attachment element having a second geometry seatable in a second seat of the panel of the console, the second geometry being different from the first geometry,
the irrigation tube and the aspiration tube each being coupled to both the first attachment element and the second attachment element so that the irrigation tube and the aspiration tube extend between the first attachment element and the second attachment element upon seating of the first attachment element in the first seat and seating of the second attachment element in the second seat,
the irrigation tube being disposable in operative engagement with a peristaltic pump, and the aspiration tube being insertable into a pinch valve, upon seating of the first attachment element in the first seat and seating of the second attachment element in the second seat.
7 . The fluid handling system defined in claim 6 , wherein the console further comprises first coupling elements at the first seat and the second seat and wherein the first attachment element and the second attachment element include respective second coupling elements that cooperate with respective ones of the first coupling elements to releasably fasten the first attachment element and the second attachment element to the panel at the first seat and the second seat, respectively.
8 . The fluid handling system defined in claim 7 , wherein the first attachment element and the second attachment element are disks of different sizes, the first seat and the second seat having different sizes congruent with respective ones of the disks.
9 . The fluid handling system defined in claim 8 , wherein the first attachment element and the second attachment element are each provided on an outer side or face with a finger grip in the form of a ring or flange projecting orthogonally to the outer side or face.
10 . The fluid handling system defined in claim 7 , wherein the first coupling elements and the second coupling elements include magnets.
11 . The fluid handling system defined in claim 6 wherein the console further includes a plurality of indicators that signal successful seating of the first attachment element and the second attachment element in the first seat and the second seat, respectively, and successful engagement of the irrigation tube to the peristaltic pump.
12 . The fluid handling system defined in claim 11 , wherein the plurality of indicators are lights.
13 . The fluid handling system defined in claim 6 , wherein the console further includes an air bubble detector at the second seat, the air bubble detector being located to be juxtaposed to the irrigation tube upon seating of the second attachment element in the second seat.
14 . The fluid handling system defined in claim 13 , wherein the air bubble detector is an ultrasound sensor.
15 . The fluid handling system defined in claim 6 , wherein the first seat and the second seat are recesses of different geometries in the panel.
16 . The fluid handling system defined in claim 6 , wherein the panel is a side panel of a housing, the peristaltic pump and the pinch valve being located vertically one above the other.
17 . A tubing set for carrying fluids in a surgical procedure, comprising:
a first tube;
a second tube;
a first attachment element provided on a first side with a first geometric configuration and configured on a second side opposite the first side to enable manual manipulation of the first attachment element to seat the first attachment element in a first seat on a panel of a console; and
a second attachment element provided on a respective first side with second geometric configuration and configured on a respective second side opposite the respective first side to enable manual manipulation of the second attachment element to seat the second attachment element in a second seat on the panel of the console, the first tube and the second tube each being coupled to both the first attachment element and the second attachment element so that the first tube and the second tube extend in spaced relation to one another between the first attachment element and the second attachment element when the first attachment element and the second attachment element are spaced from one another, the first geometric configuration and the second geometric configuration being different from one another.
18 . The tubing set defined in claim 17 , wherein the first attachment element and the second attachment element include coupling elements for quick-release securing of the first attachment element and the second attachment element to the panel of the console at the first seat and the second seat.
19 . The tubing set defined in claim 18 , wherein the coupling elements include magnets.
20 . The tubing set defined in claim 17 , wherein the first attachment element and the second attachment element are disks of different sizes.