New and Improved Suction Tip and Retractor/Aspirator Designs for Surgical Fields

The surgical retractors are integral parts of almost any surgery. Surgical aspirators were introduced into the surgical field after the development of powered suction devices. This new suctioning power improved the visibility of the surgical fields tremendously. The retractors being the aid in access to surgical filed come in numerous shapes and sizes for various procedures. In the recent past, the combination of fiber optics and retractors and suction/retractor combination were introduced to surgical specialties. But, the suction components have been a separate tubes attached to the retractor with only one hole to evacuate mostly smoke. The tip of such suction devices never reaches the bed of the surgical filed to remove any fluid. The notion of clear surgical field for operation is desirable by the operators. This requires adequate access and visibility as well as void of blood and other fluids. However, these goals are not always achieved in various surgical fields due to limited space and are hard to keep the entire field void of blood, fluid, smoke and debris.