US20050194507A1 - Medical suction nozzle holster - Google Patents
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- This invention is generally concerned with holster apparatus for nozzle components of medical/dental suction devices. It is particularly concerned with maintaining sterile conditions and ready access to such devices during medical/dental operations.
- a representative prior art medical suction nozzle holster is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,224,679 (“the '679 patent”). It teaches a medical suction nozzle holster that is designed to hold a sterile bubble wrap in which a suction nozzle was originally shipped. Thus, the sterile bubble wrap also is used to maintain sterile conditions during an operation. After the operation, the bubble wrap (now holding bodily fluids) is then removed from the holster and sent to a sanitary disposal point.
- This invention addresses these problems by providing a medical suction nozzle holster apparatus with a cooperating array of individual sterile sacs.
- These sacs have walls that are made of relatively soft plastic sheet materials (relative to the harder, more rigid plastic shell materials in which such nozzles are often packaged).
- Applicant's cooperating array of individual sterile sacs may, for example, take the form of a cooperating array of individual sterile sacs that are soft enough to be wound in a continuous or semi-continuous roll.
- a continuous roll can be constructed such that a perforated line is created between each successive sac on such a continuous roll so that successive sacs can be readily removed from the roll after each sac is used.
- a semi-continuous roll can be created by having a trailing portion of a first sac folded into a folded portion of a leading portion of a second sac—and so on, to create a roll of such interfolded sacs.
- a series of individual sterile sacs can be nested (one inside another, to form a nested array of said sacs) in a manner such that a “used” sac (i.e., one in which a used nozzle has been holstered) can be removed from the nested array for disposal and thereby exposing the next sterile sac in the nested array for use with respect to a next, as yet unused, nozzle.
- the holster apparatus of this patent disclosure are also preferably provided with suitable devices for holding their cooperating array of individual sterile sacs in the holster during an operation, but then allowing successive sacs to be separated from the next sac in that array.
- a leading edge region of each sterile sac in a roll of such sacs may be provided with one or more holes. These holes are adapted and arranged to receive certain hereinafter more fully described knob-like or hook-like devices located on the outside wall of applicant's holster, near their top opening.
- Other sterile sac holding devices such as biased clamps (e.g., spring loaded clamps) may be used for this sac-holding function.
- Still other sterile sac holding devices will be provided with means for sealing the sac in order to dispose of its contents in a sanitary manner. Sac closing devices such as so-called Ziploc® and Velcro® strips, may be employed for this purpose as well.
- Such holster apparatus also are preferably provided with a device for rotating the holster with respect to its mounting device—and, hence, with respect to the stable object to which the mounting device is attached.
- a mounting device will normally be a clamping device that attaches to a bar of an operating table or the like. Applicant's rotatability feature allows operating room personnel to position the nozzle handle according to individual preferences.
- these devices for rotating the holster may be positioned and repositioned by hand (i.e., without the aid of hand tools).
- FIG. 1 illustrates an operating room wherein a suction nozzle holster of this patent disclosure is being employed.
- FIG. 2 illustrates the mechanical details of a representative medical suction nozzle to be held by applicant's nozzle holster.
- FIG. 3 depicts an embodiment of this invention wherein a nozzle holster is provided with a cooperating array of sterile sacs wound in a continuous roll.
- FIG. 4 depicts a continuous roll of sterile sacs being unwound.
- FIG. 5 depicts a sterile sac being separated from a subsequent sterile sac in a roll of such sacs.
- FIG. 6 is a cross section view of an embodiment of this invention showing a holster apparatus provided with (1) inwardly bias holster sidewalls, and (2) a representative clamp device for attaching the holster apparatus to an operating table side bar.
- FIG. 7 is a cross section view of another embodiment of this invention wherein a nozzle holster is provided with a nested array of sacs and an alligator jaw-like clamping device for holding the holster in place.
- FIG. 8 depicts an embodiment of this invention having a rotatable C-clamp device for positioning said holster at a desired hand access angle.
- FIG. 9 is a rear view of a holster apparatus of this patent disclosure rotated over an angle alpha (a) in order to depict more convenient hand access according to individual preferences of operating room personnel.
- FIG. 1 depicts an operating room 10 wherein a patient 12 lies on an operating table 14 having various bar-like structural members such as horizontal and vertical bars.
- Applicant's holster apparatus 18 is shown attached to one such bar-like structural member 16 of said operating table 14 .
- This apparatus 18 is shown holstering a medical suction nozzle 20 .
- FIG. 1 also is intended to suggest that the holster 18 can be rotated in order to orient a handle portion of such a nozzle 20 to comport with the desires of individual operating room personnel such as anesthesiologists.
- These medical suction nozzles 20 are generally used to remove bodily fluids such as secretions, blood and/or stomach contents from a patient's throat and/or mouth so that the patient does not aspirate such fluids into his/her lungs. To this end, vacuum conditions are placed upon an inside bore of medical suction nozzles of this type. The nozzle's rearward end is shown connected to a hose 22 that leads to a fluid collection canister 24 .
- a patient's secretions, blood and/or stomach contents can be removed from the patient's throat and/or mouth and directed to the fluid collection canister 24 for subsequent sanitary disposal.
- FIG. 2 depicts a medical suction nozzle 20 of the type generally contemplated for the practice of the present invention. It is depicted as having five portions A, B, C, D and E (also designated by lengths A, B, C, D and E) as well as several other distinctive physical features.
- the medical suction nozzle 20 shown in FIG. 2 has an opening 26 located at the front of its forward end portion A. This opening 26 leads into a bore hole 28 that extends not only through forward end portion A, but through the entire length of said nozzle 20 . Vacuum conditions are placed in this bore hole 28 in order to remove undesired fluids from a patient's mouth and/or throat and then send such fluids to a fluid collection canister such as that depicted as item 24 in FIG.
- the length of the forward end portion A of suction nozzle 20 will preferably be from about 1.5 to about 2.5 inches (with a length of about 2 inches being especially preferred).
- the outside diameter of this forward end portion A is generally depicted as item 20 A in FIG. 1 . It will generally range from about 0.25 to about 0.50 inches.
- FIG. 2 also depicts how the bore hole 28 extends from portion A and on through the center of portion B in a continuous manner. In some commercially available medical suction nozzles, such a portion B will have a length of from about 1.5 to about 2.5 inches (here again with a preferred length of about 2.0 inches).
- the outside diameter of portion B is depicted by item 20 B. This outside diameter 20 B is preferably greater than the outside diameter 20 A of the forward end portion A. Thus, the outside diameter of nozzle 20 tapers down as it leads from portion B to the forward end portion A.
- FIG. 2 also depicts portion B as being oriented at an angle theta one ( ⁇ 1 ) with respect to the forward end portion A.
- This angle theta one ( ⁇ 1 ) is preferably from about 10 degrees to about 30 degrees.
- the front portions of nozzle 20 curve as they lead from portion B to the forward end portion A.
- the presence of this angle theta one ( ⁇ 1 ) facilitates insertion of the front portion A of said nozzle 20 into a patient's mouth and throat.
- Portion B leads to a portion C of the nozzle 20 .
- portion C has a length of about 1.5 to about 2.5 inches (here again, with a length of about 2.0 inches being preferred) and an outside diameter 20 C that is preferably greater than the outside diameter 20 B of portion B.
- Portion C also is depicted as being at an angle theta two ( ⁇ 2 ) with respect to portion B.
- this angle theta two ( ⁇ 2 ) is also from about 10 degrees to about 30 degrees. The presence of this angle theta two ( ⁇ 2 ) especially facilitates insertion of the front end portion A of such a nozzle into a patient's throat.
- this overall angle of curvature theta three ( ⁇ 3 ) will be from about 20 degrees to about 60 degrees.
- the lengths, outside diameters and respective angles of curvature of portions A, B and C are each such that they facilitate insertion of these portions of the nozzle into the mouth and/or throat of a human being. These lengths and curvatures also serve to generally define the more preferred sizes and configurations of applicant's holster for nozzles of this kind.
- FIG. 2 depicts portion C of the nozzle 20 leading to portion D.
- Portion D preferably has an outside diameter 20 D that is greater than the outside diameter 20 C of portion C.
- Portion D is however specifically adapted to serve as a “handle” portion of the nozzle 20 .
- the length of portion D will be of sufficient length to be gripped by the hand of a human being.
- a handle may for example have a length of from about 2 to about 5 inches (with a length of about 3 inches being somewhat preferred).
- the outside surface of portion D may be further provided with hand/finger grip aiding devices such as the ridges 30 A and 30 B depicted in FIG. 2 .
- the outside surface of the leading part of portion D also may be provided with indented region(s) 32 A and 32 B to receive a finger tip (and especially an index finger tip) and/or thumb of a human holder for more precise hand control of such a nozzle.
- portion E The left end of the nozzle 20 shown in FIG. 2 is designated as portion E. It will normally have a length of about 1 to about 2.5 inches.
- This portion E generally serves as a connector device for a hose, and especially a flexible plastic or rubber hose that leads from the rear end of the bore 28 in the nozzle 20 to a fluid collection canister such as that depicted as item 24 in FIG. 1 .
- the outside surface of portion E is shown provided with a series of ridges 34 that serve to grip the inside bore of a suitably sized, flexible hose.
- a hose also may be connected to a vacuum source (not shown).
- a vacuum source may, for example, be supplied by a component of the canister 24 .
- FIG. 3 depicts a medical suction nozzle 20 temporarily residing in a nozzle holster 36 that illustrates a preferred embodiment of this invention.
- the nozzle holster 36 is shown mounted to a base plate 38 (e.g., mounted by holster bands 39 A and 39 B).
- This holster 36 is shown provided with a top opening 40 (that preferably has at least a three inch diameter and most preferably an elliptical configuration) and a bottom opening 42 (that preferably has at least a one inch diameter, and a round configuration).
- the nozzle 20 is shown inserted into the top opening 40 of the holster 36 to an extent such that portions A, B and C thereof generally reside in the body of holster 36 while portions D and E generally remain outside of said holster (i.e., beyond the top opening 40 ).
- the nozzle 20 can be regarded as “residing” or “holstered” in the holster 36 when at least a forward portion, e.g., portions A and B (but preferably portions A, B and C) are located inside of the holster's top opening 40 .
- a holster's ability to receive at least portions A and B of such a nozzle may be regarded as its ability to hold a “substantial part” of such a nozzle.
- Such a holster 36 also preferably has a curved configuration to generally accommodate the curved configuration of a suction nozzle such as that shown in FIG. 2 (e.g., a holster having a counterpart angle ⁇ 3 of from about 20 to about 60 degrees) .
- the curvature of holster 36 is preferably such that the front end 43 of the front portion A of the nozzle 20 begins to encounter resistance provided by the inside surfaces of the lower regions of said holster 36 (actually, the inside surfaces of a sterile sac 44 residing in such a holster 36 ) as the front end of handle portion D approaches the holster's top opening 40 and thereby bringing the handle portion D to—and holding said handle portion D in—a preferred position such that said handle portion D can be conveniently grasped by a human hand (e.g., that of an anesthesiologist).
- a human hand e.g., that of an anesthesiologist
- the ability of the holster 36 to put pressure upon (and therefore hold) the suction tube 20 can be increased by various means (e.g., by inwardly biasing the holster sidewalls in one or more ways).
- the holster 36 shown in FIG. 3 is shown with one or more inwardly biased tension springs 45 A, 45 B . . . 45 N that generally encompass the lower parts of the walls of such a holster 36 .
- a sterile sac 44 is shown residing in the holster 36 depicted in FIG. 3 .
- This sterile sac 44 is shown attached to another comparable sterile sac 46 which leads to yet another such sterile sac etc. in a cooperating array of such sacs generally having the character of a wound roll 48 of such sterile sacs.
- a first sac e.g., sac 44
- This perforated line 49 allows sterile sac 44 to be torn from sterile sac 46 —and hence from the roll 48 of such sacs at appropriate times.
- the sterile sac roll 48 is shown mounted on a sterile sac roll axle 50 which, in turn, is mounted to a lower portion 38 A of the base plate 38 to which the holster 36 also is attached.
- the top or leading part 44 A of the sterile sac 44 is shown draped over the top edge 45 of the top opening 40 in the holster 36 .
- This top or leading part 44 A of the sterile sac 44 may be further held in place by a suitable holding device such as one or more knobs, clamps or hooks.
- some representative sac-holding knobs are shown as items 88 C( 1 ) and 88 C( 2 ) in FIG. 7 .
- FIG. 4 is a front view of a roll 48 of sterile sacs such as that depicted in FIG. 3 .
- This roll 48 also is shown mounted on a central axle 50 .
- a perforated line 49 is depicted in the sac material between sterile sac 44 and sterile sac 46 .
- This perforated line 49 is comparable to the line of perforation that separates those plastic sacs used as liners in a household trash barrel from an adjoining plastic sac in a roll of such trash barrel liner sacs.
- Semi-continuous arrays of such sacs can also be made by interfolding the leading/trailing portions of a series of such sacs and winding the resulting semi-continuous array into a rolled up configuration.
- Applicant's sterile sacs are also analogous to household trash barrel liner sacs in that they are preferably made of relatively soft (relative to certain hard plastic packages in which such nozzles are sometimes packaged) plastic sheet materials (e.g., those made of sheets of Mylar®, Cellophane® and similar cellulosic plastic materials).
- the sac walls of applicant's sterile sacs will have thicknesses comparable to those of trash barrel sacs (e.g., thicknesses ranging from about 1 ml to about 4 mls). Smaller, but similar sacs are also widely used to store food in refrigerators.
- Such refrigerator storage sacs are often provided with sac top opening sealing/unsealing devices such as so-called Ziploc® devices.
- sac sealing/unsealing devices may be used in the practice of this invention as well.
- such a sealing/unsealing Ziploc® type device is depicted by items 44 E in FIGS. 4 and 5 .
- FIG. 5 depicts a first sterile sac 44 being separated from a second sterile sac 46 by a tearing action applied along a line of perforation 49 placed in the sheet-like material from which the successive sterile sacs 44 , 46 , etc. are made.
- the first sterile sac 44 is shown holding a quantity of bodily fluids 51 to be disposed of in a sanitary manner (e.g., by subsequent burning of the sac and its contents).
- This sterile sac 44 also is shown provided with a sealing device 44 E such as a Ziploc® device.
- FIG. 5 also suggests another preferred embodiment of this invention wherein the sterile sac 44 is of such a size that it can also be used to dispose of a used suction tube 20 (and, optionally, the suction hose 22 that was attached to said suction hose 20 ).
- FIG. 6 is a cross section view of another representative suction tube holster 36 B shown with a representative sterile sac 44 B contained therein.
- This sterile sac 44 B has been unwound from a roll 48 B of such sterile sacs and “threaded through” a bottom opening 42 B in the holster 36 B.
- the roll 48 B is shown mounted on a lower portion of a holster base plate 52 B by means of a roll axle 50 B having a keeper 54 B that prevents the roll 48 B from coming off of said axle 50 B during use.
- the holster base plate 52 B shown in FIG. 6 is mounted to the holster base plate 52 B by means of a channel 56 B which is provided with channel bolts 58 B( 1 ) and 58 B( 2 ).
- the sterile sac 44 B is shown lining the inside walls of the holster 36 B and passing up through a top opening in said holster 36 B.
- the bottom of the sterile sac 44 B is shown provided with a line of perforation 49 B located between the sterile sac 44 B in the holster 36 B and a next sterile sac 46 B that is shown just beginning to be unwound from the roll 48 B of sterile sacs.
- a top or leading edge portion 60 B of the sterile sac 44 B in the holster 36 B depicted in FIG. 6 is shown draped over the top edge 62 (B) of the top opening 64 B of the holster 36 B.
- This leading edge portion 60 B of such a sac also may be provided with holes adapted and arranged to receive knobs or hooks (such as those depicted as items 88 C( 1 ) and 88 C( 2 ) in FIG. 7 ) to hold the sterile sac 44 B in place during use of the particular sac then residing in the holster 36 B.
- This leading edge portion 60 B is also preferably provided with a sac-sealing device such as that depicted as item 44 E in FIGS. 4 and 5 .
- FIG. 6 also depicts the holster 36 B provided with a spring-like device 66 B having coils 66 B( 1 ), 66 B( 2 ) ... 66 B(N) in an inside region of a holster having an outside wall 65 B( 1 ) and an inside wall 65 B( 2 ).
- This spring-like device 66 B is intended to very generally suggest any device (such as a coil spring) that is capable of compressing the inside walls of the holster together in order to slidably and releasably hold the front end of a suction nozzle (e.g., the front portion 43 of the nozzle depicted in FIG. 2 ).
- such a holding device may be an actual coil spring or some other device that serves to releasably hold the front portion A of the nozzle in place, but allow it to be withdrawn from the holster by pulling forces created by a human hand.
- an inward biasing of the material(s) used to make inside walls of a holster of this patent disclosure also will serve such a suction tube holding function.
- FIG. 6 also suggests a representative method for attaching the holster 36 B to a convenient mounting place such as a operating table such as the bar 16 depicted in FIG. 1 .
- the holding device for doing this can, for example, be in the form of a C-clamp 68 B having a top jaw 68 B( 1 ) and a lower jaw 68 B( 2 ).
- a human hand operable hold down bolt 70 B is depicted in the lower jaw 68 B( 2 ). Its function is to firmly attach the C-clamp 68 B to the operating table, e.g., to the operating table bar 16 depicted in FIG. 1 , during use, but readily allow movement of the C-clamp 68 B to a new location on said bar 16 when desired.
- the C-clamp 68 B also can be made rotatable in the manner suggested by rotation arrow 72 B. This rotation can, for example, be achieved through use of a bolt 74 B that holds a rotatable interface 76 B between a C-clamp side 78 B and a base plate side 80 B of the C-clamp 68 B.
- FIG. 7 depicts yet another embodiment of this invention wherein a holster 36 C is provided with a holster mounting device 76 C having a lower jaw 76 C( 1 ) and an upper jaw 76 C( 2 ).
- this holding device is a so-called “alligator clip” type holding device.
- Its lower jaw 74 C( 1 ) is shown as being an extension 78 C leading from a wall 79 C of the holster 36 C.
- the holster mounting device 74 C preferably has a top jaw portion 74 C( 2 ) that is biased downward by a spring mechanism 80 C.
- a nested array of sacs 84 C in the holster 36 C is shown provided with a holder 85 C for holding down a nested array 84 C of sterile sacs.
- this holster 36 C is shown holding such a nested array of sterile sacs e.g., 84 C( 1 ) to 84 C(N).
- the outside bottom surface of the nested array 84 C can, for example, be provided with a nub 85 C( 1 ) that can be compression fitted in a nub receiver hole such as that depicted by item 85 C( 2 ).
- a first (or innermost) sterile sac 84 C( 1 ) is nested in a second sterile sac 84 C( 2 ) which, in turn, is nested in a third sterile sac and so on to outermost sac 83 C(N).
- the top of each sac is further provided with a sac sealing/unsealing device such as a Ziploc® device, strips of Velcro® and the like.
- a sac sealing/unsealing device such as a Ziploc® device, strips of Velcro® and the like.
- the top ends of the individual sterile sacs, etc. also are respectively shown provided with cooperating sac sealing/unsealing devices 86 C( 1 ), 86 C( 2 ), etc.
- Such a nested array 84 C is so adapted and arranged such that each successive inner sterile sac, etc. can be individually removed from the remainder of the nested array.
- the individual sacs of this array are also shown provided with one or more sac holding devices such as holes in the sac which engage with a cooperating holding device 88 C( 1 ), 88 C( 2 ) such as a knob or hook located near the top outside surface of the holster 36 C.
- a cooperating holding device 88 C( 1 ), 88 C( 2 ) such as a knob or hook located near the top outside surface of the holster 36 C.
- FIG. 8 depicts another embodiment of this invention wherein a medical nozzle holster 36 D has yet another kind of holding device 90 D for mounting the holster to an operating room table or other stable structure.
- This particular mounting device also is made rotatable (as suggested by direction arrow 92 D) by virtue of the fact that a base 94 D of the rotatable holster mounting device is affixed to the holding device 90 D by a mounting pin 96 D that extends through an appropriately sized hole in the base 94 D of the holster holding device 90 D and through an appropriately sized hole in the mounting device 90 D.
- the mounting pin 96 D also can be provided with a pin holder 98 D to keep the mounting pin snugly, but hand rotatably, mounted to the base 94 D of the holster 36 D.
- FIG. 9 is a side view of a rotatable holster 36 E such as that shown in FIG. 6 . It is intended to show how the holster 36 E (and a suction tube 20 contained therein) can be rotated through an angle alpha (a) by virtue of a holding device that can rotate with respect to a base. Such a holster 36 E preferably rotates in either direction (see two headed direction arrow 100 ). This rotation allows the handle portion D of the suction tube 20 to be repositioned (from handle position 102 D to handle position 104 D and back again) according to the wishes of a user (e.g., an anesthesiologist).
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A holster apparatus for a medical suction tube is provided with a cooperating array of individual sterile sacs. Preferably, the cooperating array of individual sacs is a roll of such sacs having a line of perforation between each sac, or a nested array of such sterile sacs.
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- 1. Field of the Invention
- This invention is generally concerned with holster apparatus for nozzle components of medical/dental suction devices. It is particularly concerned with maintaining sterile conditions and ready access to such devices during medical/dental operations.
- 2. Discussion of the Background
- A representative prior art medical suction nozzle holster is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,224,679 (“the '679 patent”). It teaches a medical suction nozzle holster that is designed to hold a sterile bubble wrap in which a suction nozzle was originally shipped. Thus, the sterile bubble wrap also is used to maintain sterile conditions during an operation. After the operation, the bubble wrap (now holding bodily fluids) is then removed from the holster and sent to a sanitary disposal point.
- Such uses of the bubble wrap in which a suction nozzle was originally shipped have not, however, met with wide acceptance. This may follow, at least in part, from the fact that the packaging requirements for such nozzles are somewhat at odds with the use requirements of such nozzles. For example, nozzle manufacturers often prefer to package their nozzles in plastic packaging materials that are relatively hard so that they will resist accidental penetration of the shipping package walls—and hence loss of their sterile conditions. Such shipping packages must also be capable of being easily broken open, by hand. These requirements are such that a broken open, relatively hard plastic package is not particularly well suited to (1) being easily loaded into a nozzle holster, (2) maintaining a relatively soft compression type grip on a suction tube placed in a relatively hard (and hence inflexible) wrapper and (3) being readily tightly resealed for sanitary disposal purposes.
- This invention addresses these problems by providing a medical suction nozzle holster apparatus with a cooperating array of individual sterile sacs. These sacs have walls that are made of relatively soft plastic sheet materials (relative to the harder, more rigid plastic shell materials in which such nozzles are often packaged). Applicant's cooperating array of individual sterile sacs may, for example, take the form of a cooperating array of individual sterile sacs that are soft enough to be wound in a continuous or semi-continuous roll. A continuous roll can be constructed such that a perforated line is created between each successive sac on such a continuous roll so that successive sacs can be readily removed from the roll after each sac is used. A semi-continuous roll can be created by having a trailing portion of a first sac folded into a folded portion of a leading portion of a second sac—and so on, to create a roll of such interfolded sacs. By way of another example of a cooperating array of individual sterile sacs, a series of individual sterile sacs can be nested (one inside another, to form a nested array of said sacs) in a manner such that a “used” sac (i.e., one in which a used nozzle has been holstered) can be removed from the nested array for disposal and thereby exposing the next sterile sac in the nested array for use with respect to a next, as yet unused, nozzle.
- The holster apparatus of this patent disclosure are also preferably provided with suitable devices for holding their cooperating array of individual sterile sacs in the holster during an operation, but then allowing successive sacs to be separated from the next sac in that array. By way of example only, a leading edge region of each sterile sac in a roll of such sacs may be provided with one or more holes. These holes are adapted and arranged to receive certain hereinafter more fully described knob-like or hook-like devices located on the outside wall of applicant's holster, near their top opening. Other sterile sac holding devices such as biased clamps (e.g., spring loaded clamps) may be used for this sac-holding function. Still other sterile sac holding devices will be provided with means for sealing the sac in order to dispose of its contents in a sanitary manner. Sac closing devices such as so-called Ziploc® and Velcro® strips, may be employed for this purpose as well.
- Such holster apparatus also are preferably provided with a device for rotating the holster with respect to its mounting device—and, hence, with respect to the stable object to which the mounting device is attached. Such a mounting device will normally be a clamping device that attaches to a bar of an operating table or the like. Applicant's rotatability feature allows operating room personnel to position the nozzle handle according to individual preferences. Preferably, these devices for rotating the holster may be positioned and repositioned by hand (i.e., without the aid of hand tools).
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FIG. 1 illustrates an operating room wherein a suction nozzle holster of this patent disclosure is being employed. -
FIG. 2 illustrates the mechanical details of a representative medical suction nozzle to be held by applicant's nozzle holster. -
FIG. 3 depicts an embodiment of this invention wherein a nozzle holster is provided with a cooperating array of sterile sacs wound in a continuous roll. -
FIG. 4 depicts a continuous roll of sterile sacs being unwound. -
FIG. 5 depicts a sterile sac being separated from a subsequent sterile sac in a roll of such sacs. -
FIG. 6 is a cross section view of an embodiment of this invention showing a holster apparatus provided with (1) inwardly bias holster sidewalls, and (2) a representative clamp device for attaching the holster apparatus to an operating table side bar. -
FIG. 7 is a cross section view of another embodiment of this invention wherein a nozzle holster is provided with a nested array of sacs and an alligator jaw-like clamping device for holding the holster in place. -
FIG. 8 depicts an embodiment of this invention having a rotatable C-clamp device for positioning said holster at a desired hand access angle. -
FIG. 9 is a rear view of a holster apparatus of this patent disclosure rotated over an angle alpha (a) in order to depict more convenient hand access according to individual preferences of operating room personnel. -
FIG. 1 depicts anoperating room 10 wherein apatient 12 lies on an operating table 14 having various bar-like structural members such as horizontal and vertical bars. Applicant'sholster apparatus 18 is shown attached to one such bar-likestructural member 16 of said operating table 14. Thisapparatus 18 is shown holstering amedical suction nozzle 20.FIG. 1 also is intended to suggest that theholster 18 can be rotated in order to orient a handle portion of such anozzle 20 to comport with the desires of individual operating room personnel such as anesthesiologists. Thesemedical suction nozzles 20 are generally used to remove bodily fluids such as secretions, blood and/or stomach contents from a patient's throat and/or mouth so that the patient does not aspirate such fluids into his/her lungs. To this end, vacuum conditions are placed upon an inside bore of medical suction nozzles of this type. The nozzle's rearward end is shown connected to ahose 22 that leads to afluid collection canister 24. Thus, during the course of an operation, a patient's secretions, blood and/or stomach contents can be removed from the patient's throat and/or mouth and directed to thefluid collection canister 24 for subsequent sanitary disposal. -
FIG. 2 depicts amedical suction nozzle 20 of the type generally contemplated for the practice of the present invention. It is depicted as having five portions A, B, C, D and E (also designated by lengths A, B, C, D and E) as well as several other distinctive physical features. For example, themedical suction nozzle 20 shown inFIG. 2 has an opening 26 located at the front of its forward end portion A. This opening 26 leads into abore hole 28 that extends not only through forward end portion A, but through the entire length of saidnozzle 20. Vacuum conditions are placed in thisbore hole 28 in order to remove undesired fluids from a patient's mouth and/or throat and then send such fluids to a fluid collection canister such as that depicted asitem 24 inFIG. 1 . The length of the forward end portion A ofsuction nozzle 20 will preferably be from about 1.5 to about 2.5 inches (with a length of about 2 inches being especially preferred). The outside diameter of this forward end portion A is generally depicted asitem 20A inFIG. 1 . It will generally range from about 0.25 to about 0.50 inches. - The forward end portion A of the nozzle leads to portion B of said
nozzle 20.FIG. 2 also depicts how thebore hole 28 extends from portion A and on through the center of portion B in a continuous manner. In some commercially available medical suction nozzles, such a portion B will have a length of from about 1.5 to about 2.5 inches (here again with a preferred length of about 2.0 inches). The outside diameter of portion B is depicted byitem 20B. Thisoutside diameter 20B is preferably greater than theoutside diameter 20A of the forward end portion A. Thus, the outside diameter ofnozzle 20 tapers down as it leads from portion B to the forward end portion A.FIG. 2 also depicts portion B as being oriented at an angle theta one (Θ1) with respect to the forward end portion A. This angle theta one (Θ1) is preferably from about 10 degrees to about 30 degrees. Thus, the front portions ofnozzle 20 curve as they lead from portion B to the forward end portion A. The presence of this angle theta one (Θ1) facilitates insertion of the front portion A of saidnozzle 20 into a patient's mouth and throat. - Portion B, in turn, leads to a portion C of the
nozzle 20. Preferably, portion C has a length of about 1.5 to about 2.5 inches (here again, with a length of about 2.0 inches being preferred) and anoutside diameter 20C that is preferably greater than theoutside diameter 20B of portion B. Portion C also is depicted as being at an angle theta two (θ2) with respect to portion B. Preferably, this angle theta two (θ2) is also from about 10 degrees to about 30 degrees. The presence of this angle theta two (θ2) especially facilitates insertion of the front end portion A of such a nozzle into a patient's throat. Thus the two angles, theta one (θ1) and theta two (θ2), create an overall angle of curvature theta three (θ3) for theoverall suction nozzle 20. Preferably, this overall angle of curvature theta three (θ3) will be from about 20 degrees to about 60 degrees. Thus, the lengths, outside diameters and respective angles of curvature of portions A, B and C are each such that they facilitate insertion of these portions of the nozzle into the mouth and/or throat of a human being. These lengths and curvatures also serve to generally define the more preferred sizes and configurations of applicant's holster for nozzles of this kind. -
FIG. 2 depicts portion C of thenozzle 20 leading to portion D. Portion D preferably has anoutside diameter 20D that is greater than theoutside diameter 20C of portion C. Portion D is however specifically adapted to serve as a “handle” portion of thenozzle 20. To this end, the length of portion D will be of sufficient length to be gripped by the hand of a human being. Such a handle may for example have a length of from about 2 to about 5 inches (with a length of about 3 inches being somewhat preferred). In keeping with its function as a handle, the outside surface of portion D may be further provided with hand/finger grip aiding devices such as theridges FIG. 2 . The outside surface of the leading part of portion D also may be provided with indented region(s) 32A and 32B to receive a finger tip (and especially an index finger tip) and/or thumb of a human holder for more precise hand control of such a nozzle. - The left end of the
nozzle 20 shown inFIG. 2 is designated as portion E. It will normally have a length of about 1 to about 2.5 inches. This portion E generally serves as a connector device for a hose, and especially a flexible plastic or rubber hose that leads from the rear end of thebore 28 in thenozzle 20 to a fluid collection canister such as that depicted asitem 24 inFIG. 1 . To this end, the outside surface of portion E is shown provided with a series ofridges 34 that serve to grip the inside bore of a suitably sized, flexible hose. Such a hose also may be connected to a vacuum source (not shown). Such a vacuum source may, for example, be supplied by a component of thecanister 24. Thus, bodily fluids can be collected at theopening 26 of thenozzle 20, conveyed through itsbore 28, further conveyed through an attachedhose 22 and delivered to afluid collection canister 24 for subsequent sanitary disposal. -
FIG. 3 depicts amedical suction nozzle 20 temporarily residing in anozzle holster 36 that illustrates a preferred embodiment of this invention. In this preferred embodiment, thenozzle holster 36 is shown mounted to a base plate 38 (e.g., mounted byholster bands holster 36 is shown provided with a top opening 40 (that preferably has at least a three inch diameter and most preferably an elliptical configuration) and a bottom opening 42 (that preferably has at least a one inch diameter, and a round configuration). Thenozzle 20 is shown inserted into thetop opening 40 of theholster 36 to an extent such that portions A, B and C thereof generally reside in the body ofholster 36 while portions D and E generally remain outside of said holster (i.e., beyond the top opening 40). For the purposes of this patent disclosure, thenozzle 20 can be regarded as “residing” or “holstered” in theholster 36 when at least a forward portion, e.g., portions A and B (but preferably portions A, B and C) are located inside of the holster'stop opening 40. For the purposes of this patent disclosure, a holster's ability to receive at least portions A and B of such a nozzle, may be regarded as its ability to hold a “substantial part” of such a nozzle. Such aholster 36 also preferably has a curved configuration to generally accommodate the curved configuration of a suction nozzle such as that shown inFIG. 2 (e.g., a holster having a counterpart angle θ3 of from about 20 to about 60 degrees) . The curvature ofholster 36 is preferably such that thefront end 43 of the front portion A of thenozzle 20 begins to encounter resistance provided by the inside surfaces of the lower regions of said holster 36 (actually, the inside surfaces of asterile sac 44 residing in such a holster 36) as the front end of handle portion D approaches the holster'stop opening 40 and thereby bringing the handle portion D to—and holding said handle portion D in—a preferred position such that said handle portion D can be conveniently grasped by a human hand (e.g., that of an anesthesiologist). The ability of theholster 36 to put pressure upon (and therefore hold) thesuction tube 20 can be increased by various means (e.g., by inwardly biasing the holster sidewalls in one or more ways). To exemplify this holding ability, theholster 36 shown inFIG. 3 is shown with one or more inwardly biased tension springs 45A, 45B . . . 45N that generally encompass the lower parts of the walls of such aholster 36. - A
sterile sac 44 is shown residing in theholster 36 depicted inFIG. 3 . Thissterile sac 44 is shown attached to another comparablesterile sac 46 which leads to yet another such sterile sac etc. in a cooperating array of such sacs generally having the character of awound roll 48 of such sterile sacs. In one embodiment of this invention, a first sac (e.g., sac 44) has a perforatedline 49 indented into its plastic material in a region that lies between the trailing edge ofsterile sac 44 and the leading edge of the nextsterile sac 46. Thisperforated line 49 allowssterile sac 44 to be torn fromsterile sac 46—and hence from theroll 48 of such sacs at appropriate times. Thesterile sac roll 48 is shown mounted on a sterilesac roll axle 50 which, in turn, is mounted to alower portion 38A of thebase plate 38 to which theholster 36 also is attached. InFIG. 3 , the top or leadingpart 44A of thesterile sac 44 is shown draped over thetop edge 45 of thetop opening 40 in theholster 36. This top or leadingpart 44A of thesterile sac 44 may be further held in place by a suitable holding device such as one or more knobs, clamps or hooks. By way of example only, some representative sac-holding knobs are shown asitems 88C(1) and 88C(2) inFIG. 7 . -
FIG. 4 is a front view of aroll 48 of sterile sacs such as that depicted inFIG. 3 . Thisroll 48 also is shown mounted on acentral axle 50. Aperforated line 49 is depicted in the sac material betweensterile sac 44 andsterile sac 46. Thisperforated line 49 is comparable to the line of perforation that separates those plastic sacs used as liners in a household trash barrel from an adjoining plastic sac in a roll of such trash barrel liner sacs. Semi-continuous arrays of such sacs can also be made by interfolding the leading/trailing portions of a series of such sacs and winding the resulting semi-continuous array into a rolled up configuration. Applicant's sterile sacs are also analogous to household trash barrel liner sacs in that they are preferably made of relatively soft (relative to certain hard plastic packages in which such nozzles are sometimes packaged) plastic sheet materials (e.g., those made of sheets of Mylar®, Cellophane® and similar cellulosic plastic materials). Preferably, the sac walls of applicant's sterile sacs will have thicknesses comparable to those of trash barrel sacs (e.g., thicknesses ranging from about 1 ml to about 4 mls). Smaller, but similar sacs are also widely used to store food in refrigerators. It also might be noted here that such refrigerator storage sacs are often provided with sac top opening sealing/unsealing devices such as so-called Ziploc® devices. Such sac sealing/unsealing devices may be used in the practice of this invention as well. By way of example, such a sealing/unsealing Ziploc® type device is depicted byitems 44E inFIGS. 4 and 5 . -
FIG. 5 depicts a firststerile sac 44 being separated from a secondsterile sac 46 by a tearing action applied along a line ofperforation 49 placed in the sheet-like material from which the successivesterile sacs sterile sac 44 is shown holding a quantity ofbodily fluids 51 to be disposed of in a sanitary manner (e.g., by subsequent burning of the sac and its contents). Thissterile sac 44 also is shown provided with asealing device 44E such as a Ziploc® device.FIG. 5 also suggests another preferred embodiment of this invention wherein thesterile sac 44 is of such a size that it can also be used to dispose of a used suction tube 20 (and, optionally, thesuction hose 22 that was attached to said suction hose 20). -
FIG. 6 is a cross section view of another representativesuction tube holster 36B shown with a representativesterile sac 44B contained therein. Thissterile sac 44B has been unwound from aroll 48B of such sterile sacs and “threaded through” abottom opening 42B in theholster 36B. Theroll 48B is shown mounted on a lower portion of aholster base plate 52B by means of aroll axle 50B having akeeper 54B that prevents theroll 48B from coming off of saidaxle 50B during use. Theholster base plate 52B shown inFIG. 6 is mounted to theholster base plate 52B by means of achannel 56B which is provided withchannel bolts 58B(1) and 58B(2). Thesterile sac 44B is shown lining the inside walls of theholster 36B and passing up through a top opening in saidholster 36B. The bottom of thesterile sac 44B is shown provided with a line of perforation 49B located between thesterile sac 44B in theholster 36B and a nextsterile sac 46B that is shown just beginning to be unwound from theroll 48B of sterile sacs. A top or leadingedge portion 60B of thesterile sac 44B in theholster 36B depicted inFIG. 6 is shown draped over the top edge 62(B) of thetop opening 64B of theholster 36B. Thisleading edge portion 60B of such a sac also may be provided with holes adapted and arranged to receive knobs or hooks (such as those depicted asitems 88C(1) and 88C(2) inFIG. 7 ) to hold thesterile sac 44B in place during use of the particular sac then residing in theholster 36B. Thisleading edge portion 60B is also preferably provided with a sac-sealing device such as that depicted asitem 44E inFIGS. 4 and 5 . -
FIG. 6 also depicts theholster 36B provided with a spring-like device 66 B having coils 66B(1), 66B(2) ... 66B(N) in an inside region of a holster having anoutside wall 65B(1) and aninside wall 65B(2). This spring-like device 66B is intended to very generally suggest any device (such as a coil spring) that is capable of compressing the inside walls of the holster together in order to slidably and releasably hold the front end of a suction nozzle (e.g., thefront portion 43 of the nozzle depicted inFIG. 2 ). Again such a holding device may be an actual coil spring or some other device that serves to releasably hold the front portion A of the nozzle in place, but allow it to be withdrawn from the holster by pulling forces created by a human hand. By way of another example, an inward biasing of the material(s) used to make inside walls of a holster of this patent disclosure also will serve such a suction tube holding function. -
FIG. 6 also suggests a representative method for attaching theholster 36B to a convenient mounting place such as a operating table such as thebar 16 depicted inFIG. 1 . The holding device for doing this can, for example, be in the form of a C-clamp 68B having atop jaw 68B(1) and alower jaw 68B(2). A human hand operable hold downbolt 70B is depicted in thelower jaw 68B(2). Its function is to firmly attach the C-clamp 68B to the operating table, e.g., to theoperating table bar 16 depicted inFIG. 1 , during use, but readily allow movement of the C-clamp 68B to a new location on saidbar 16 when desired. The C-clamp 68B also can be made rotatable in the manner suggested byrotation arrow 72B. This rotation can, for example, be achieved through use of a bolt 74B that holds arotatable interface 76B between a C-clamp side 78B and abase plate side 80B of the C-clamp 68B. -
FIG. 7 depicts yet another embodiment of this invention wherein aholster 36C is provided with aholster mounting device 76C having alower jaw 76C(1) and anupper jaw 76C(2). In effect, this holding device is a so-called “alligator clip” type holding device. Itslower jaw 74C(1) is shown as being anextension 78C leading from awall 79C of theholster 36C. Theholster mounting device 74C preferably has atop jaw portion 74C(2) that is biased downward by aspring mechanism 80C. A nested array ofsacs 84C in theholster 36C is shown provided with aholder 85C for holding down a nestedarray 84C of sterile sacs. For example, thisholster 36C is shown holding such a nested array of sterile sacs e.g., 84C(1) to 84C(N). The outside bottom surface of the nestedarray 84C can, for example, be provided with anub 85C(1) that can be compression fitted in a nub receiver hole such as that depicted byitem 85C(2). - In such a nested array, a first (or innermost)
sterile sac 84C(1) is nested in a secondsterile sac 84C(2) which, in turn, is nested in a third sterile sac and so on to outermost sac 83C(N). In some of the more preferred embodiments of this invention the top of each sac is further provided with a sac sealing/unsealing device such as a Ziploc® device, strips of Velcro® and the like. By way of example, the top ends of the individual sterile sacs, etc. also are respectively shown provided with cooperating sac sealing/unsealingdevices 86C(1), 86C(2), etc. Again, such devices could be VELCRO® strips, Ziploc® devices of the type depicted inFIG. 5 or any other device suitable for attaching a sheet of soft plastic to a comparable sheet of soft plastic in order to seal the top of such a sac. Such a nestedarray 84C is so adapted and arranged such that each successive inner sterile sac, etc. can be individually removed from the remainder of the nested array. The individual sacs of this array are also shown provided with one or more sac holding devices such as holes in the sac which engage with a cooperating holdingdevice 88C(1), 88C(2) such as a knob or hook located near the top outside surface of theholster 36C. Thus the entire nested array 84 can be held in place in the holster bysuch holding devices 88C(1), 88C(2), etc. during use. -
FIG. 8 depicts another embodiment of this invention wherein amedical nozzle holster 36D has yet another kind of holdingdevice 90D for mounting the holster to an operating room table or other stable structure. This particular mounting device also is made rotatable (as suggested by direction arrow 92D) by virtue of the fact that abase 94D of the rotatable holster mounting device is affixed to theholding device 90D by a mountingpin 96D that extends through an appropriately sized hole in thebase 94D of theholster holding device 90D and through an appropriately sized hole in the mountingdevice 90D. The mountingpin 96D also can be provided with apin holder 98D to keep the mounting pin snugly, but hand rotatably, mounted to thebase 94D of theholster 36D. -
FIG. 9 is a side view of arotatable holster 36E such as that shown inFIG. 6 . It is intended to show how theholster 36E (and asuction tube 20 contained therein) can be rotated through an angle alpha (a) by virtue of a holding device that can rotate with respect to a base. Such aholster 36E preferably rotates in either direction (see two headed direction arrow 100). This rotation allows the handle portion D of thesuction tube 20 to be repositioned (fromhandle position 102D to handleposition 104D and back again) according to the wishes of a user (e.g., an anesthesiologist). - Although the preceding disclosure sets forth a number of embodiments of the present invention, those skilled in this art will appreciate that other embodiments, not precisely set forth, could be practiced under the teachings of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of this invention is limited only by the scope of the following claims.
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1. A holster apparatus for a medical suction nozzle, said apparatus comprising:
(1) a holster body having
(i) an open upper end capable of admitting a forward portion of a medical suction nozzle, and
(ii) a lower portion capable of holding a substantial part of the medical suction nozzle in position;
(2) a device for holding a cooperating array of individual sterile sacs; and
(3) a device for affixing the holster apparatus to a fixed object.
2. The holster apparatus of claim 1 which further comprises a cooperating array of individual sterile sacs.
3. The holster apparatus of claim 1 which further comprises a sterile sac holding device located on an outside surface of the holster near its open upper end.
4. The holster apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a holding device for a cooperating array of individual sterile sacs wound in a roll of said sacs.
5. The holster apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a holding device for a cooperating array of individual sacs in a nested array.
6. The holster apparatus of claim 1 wherein the mounting device for affixing the holster apparatus to a fixed object further comprises a device for rotating the holster apparatus with respect to said fixed object.
7. A holster apparatus for a medical suction nozzle, said apparatus comprising:
(1) a holster body having
(i) an open upper end capable of admitting a forward portion of a medical suction nozzle,
(ii) a lower portion capable of holding a substantial part of the medical suction nozzle, and
(iii) an open lower end capable of passing an individual member of a cooperating array of individual sterile sacs;
(2) a device for holding the cooperating array of individual sterile sacs; and
(3) a device for affixing the holster apparatus to a fixed object.
8. The holster apparatus of claim 7 which further comprises a cooperating array of individual sterile sacs.
9. The holster apparatus of claim 7 which further comprises a sterile sac holding device located on an outside surface of the holster near its open upper end.
10. The holster apparatus of claim 7 which further comprises a holding device for a cooperating array of individual sterile sacs wound in a roll of said sacs.
11. The holster apparatus of claim 7 wherein the mounting device for affixing the holster apparatus to a fixed object further comprises a device for rotating the holster apparatus with respect to said fixed object.
12. The holster apparatus of claim 7 wherein an elongated central portion of the holster body has an angled configuration.
13. The holster apparatus of claim 7 wherein a lower portion of the holster body has an inside surface that is biased inwardly so as to contact a front portion of a medical suction nozzle placed in said lower portion.
14. The holster apparatus of claim 7 wherein the fixed object is an operating room table.
15. A holster apparatus for a medical suction nozzle, said apparatus comprising:
(1) a holster body having
(i) an open upper end capable of admitting a forward portion of a medical suction nozzle,
(ii) an elongated central portion capable of holding a substantial part of the medical suction nozzle, and
(iii) a lower end capable of holding a nested array of sterile sacs; and
(2) a mounting device for affixing the holster apparatus to an operating table.
16. The holster apparatus of claim 15 which further comprises a sac array holding device located near the bottom of the holster body.
17. The holster apparatus of claim 15 which further comprises a device for holding a top region of the individual sacs of the nested array of individual sterile sacs near the open upper end of the holster body.
18. The holster apparatus of claim 15 wherein the mounting device for affixing the holster apparatus to an operating table further comprises a device for rotating the holster apparatus with respect to the operating table.
19. The holster apparatus of claim 15 wherein the elongated central portion has an angled portion.
20. The holster apparatus of claim 15 wherein a lower portion of the holster has inside surfaces that are biased inwardly so as to contact a forward end of a medical suction nozzle placed in said lower portion.
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