US 11,805,968 B2
Intraoperative endoscope cleaning system
Rajitha Aluru, Houston, TX (US); William Cohn, Houston, TX (US); Jorge Salazar, Houston, TX (US); Scott Sloss, Houston, TX (US); and Abdul Umaru, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Bayou Surgical, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by BAYOU SURGICAL, INC., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Nov. 21, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/690,996.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/930,983, filed on Nov. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0127964 A1, May 6, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 1/12 (2006.01); A61L 2/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/126 (2013.01) [A61B 17/34 (2013.01); A61B 17/3417 (2013.01); A61L 2/16 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0257 (2013.01); A61L 2202/24 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A trocar for an intraoperative endoscope cleaning system, the trocar comprising:
a main body comprising an elongate hollow tube portion extending terminating at a distal end, wherein the tube portion defines a cavity configured to receive an endoscope;
a wash orifice disposed in the tube portion of the main body and configured to allow the wash solution to flow toward the cavity;
a gas orifice disposed in the tube portion of the main body between the wash orifice and the distal end of the main body, and configured to allow the pressurized gas to flow toward the cavity, the gas orifice including a raised elevation relative to an adjacent portion of a wall of the main body; and
a fluid orifice disposed in the tube portion of the main body adjacent the wash orifice and configured to receive fluid from the cavity.