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Granted Patent B2
US 9,220,853 · App. 13/873,675 · Granted Dec 29, 2015

Lavage system having a nozzle

Inventor: Sebastian Vogt (Erfurt, DE)
Assignee: Heraeus Medical GmbH
A61M11/02A61M1/0064A61M3/0233A61M3/0283B05B7/2421B05B7/2435B05B15/02B05B15/0425A61B2017/0023B05B7/12B05B12/002
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Patent No.
US 9,220,853
App. No.
13/873,675
Granted
Dec 29, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A medical spray device has a compressed gas supply conduit for guiding a gas flow, a liquid supply conduit for supplying a liquid, a dispensing tube having an open tube end for spraying fine droplets or a spray mist of a liquid-gas mixture, and an operable valve element that is arranged in the compressed gas supply conduit. A constriction of the cross-sectional area is provided in the dispensing tube and a merging site is arranged in the region of the constriction through which the liquid merges into the gas flow from the compressed gas supply conduit, whereby the constriction forms a nozzle in the dispensing tube. A spray device kit provides a medical spray device, a gas supply conduit, a pressure regulator, and a compressed gas container.

Claims (32)

1. A medical spray device comprising

an outflow tube having a compressed gas supply conduit for generating a gas flow,

a dispensing tube connected to a liquid supply conduit for supplying a liquid, wherein the dispensing tube has a total length defined between a first end and a second end located opposite with respect to the first end of the dispensing tube, wherein the first end of the dispensing tube is an open end for spraying fine droplets or a spray mist of a liquid-gas mixture, and

an outflow body having an operable valve element arranged in the compressed gas supply conduit,

wherein a constriction of a cross-sectional area is provided in the dispensing tube and a merging site is arranged in the region of the constriction through which the liquid merges into the gas flow from the compressed gas supply conduit, wherein the constriction forms a nozzle in the dispensing tube, and

further wherein a portion of the dispensing tube surrounds the outflow tube, the outflow tube is connected and adjacent to the outflow body, and the second end of the dispensing tube contacts a portion of the outflow body.

2. The medical spray device according to claim 1 , wherein the valve element is a rotationally symmetrical rotary valve.

3. The medical spray device according to claim 1 , wherein the valve element is a conical or cylindrical rotary valve.

4. The medical spray device according to claim 1 , wherein the constriction is implemented through a circular ring having a triangular cross-sectional area, whereby one corner of the triangular cross-sectional area is oriented towards a middle of the circular ring.

5. The medical spray device according to claim 1 , further comprising a compressed gas container fillable with liquid carbon dioxide, wherein the compressed gas container is arranged in a handle part.

6. The medical spray device according to claim 1 , further comprising a settable pressure reducer configured to set a gas pressure in the compressed gas supply conduit.

7. The medical spray device according to claim 1 , further comprising a second nozzle arranged at an end of the compressed gas supply conduit through which the flowing gas exits from the compressed gas supply conduit in a direction of the constriction.

8. The medical spray device according to claim 1 , wherein the spray device consists essentially of thermoplastic material configured for gamma-sterilisation.

9. The medical spray device according to claim 1 , further comprising an aspiration facility, connected to an aspiration conduit, in the region of the open end of the dispensing tube, whereby the aspiration facility comprises an aspiration tube into which the aspiration conduit merges, and whereby the aspiration tube surrounds the dispensing tube.

10. The medical spray device according to claim 9 , further comprises a funnel arranged at the dispensing tube or at the aspiration facility, wherein the funnel is configured to limit or align a spray cone produced by the device.

11. The medical spray device according to claim 1 , wherein the valve element is a rotary valve having a passage, whereby the rotary valve is supported such that the rotary valve is rotatable in a recess in an outflow body that defines a part of the compressed gas supply conduit, whereby the rotary valve is operable through a trigger, whereby the rotary valve and the trigger are a same part.

12. The medical spray device according to claim 11 , wherein the valve element is maintained in the closed state by means of a spring element, whereby the spring element is attached on one side on the trigger.

13. The medical spray device according to claim 1 , wherein the compressed gas supply conduit merges into the dispensing tube at the merging site through a supply nozzle.

14. The medical spray device according to claim 13 , wherein the merging site is arranged upstream of the supple nozzle with respect to a direction of flow.

15. The medical spray device according to claim 13 , wherein the merging site is situated in the constriction, wherein the supply nozzle is a Venturi nozzle.

16. A spray device kit comprising

the medical spray device according to claim 1 ,

a gas supply conduit,

a pressure regulator, and

a compressed gas container.

17. The spray device kit according to claim 16 , wherein the gas supply conduit is a flexible gas supply conduit.

18. A medical spray device comprising:

an outflow tube having a compressed gas supply conduit for generating a gas flow,

a dispensing tube connected to a liquid supply conduit for supplying a liquid, wherein the dispensing tube has a length defined between a first end and a second end located opposite with respect to the first end of the dispensing tube, wherein the first end of the dispensing tube is an open end for spraying fine droplets or a spray mist of a liquid-gas mixture, and

an outflow body having an operable valve element arranged in the compressed gas supply conduit, wherein the outflow tube and the outflow body are integrally formed together,

wherein a constriction of a cross-sectional area is provided in the dispensing tube and a merging site is arranged in the region of the constriction through which the liquid merges into the gas flow from the compressed gas supply conduit, wherein the constriction forms a nozzle in the dispensing tube, and

further wherein a portion of the dispensing tube surrounds the outflow tube.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 22, 2013
From: VOGT, SEBASTIAN, DR.
To: HERAEUS MEDICAL GMBH
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Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2012 013 464 · May 7, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130331772A1 · Dec 12, 2013