Systems and methods for performing spine surgery. A retractor may be positioned within a patient to facilitate maintaining a volume of fluid at the surgical site. The retractor includes an opening capable of receiving one or more surgical instruments, for example, a cutting instrument and an endoscope. A cutting member of the cutting instrument is submerged and operated within the volume of fluid to resect tissue, for example, within the intervertebral disc space. The volume of fluid is maintained at the surgical site improves cooling of the surgical site and visualization of the surgical site via the endoscope during resection. The volume of fluid is maintained at the surgical site via the surgical system. The surgical system may include a sensor for measuring the level of fluid in the retractor, an inflow source and an outflow source in fluid communication with the retractor, and a controller controlling the surgical system.

The present invention relates to a medical kit for use with a drilling device, the kit comprising a drill and a medical debris collector, the debris collector comprising a container, wherein the container comprises a first compartment at least partially filled with a collecting agent, the first compartment and collecting agent being configured for at least partially enclosing the drill to thereby collect drilling debris in the container and the collecting agent during a drilling process.

A surgical instrument system including an endoscope having an elongated housing extending between a proximal instrument end and a distal instrument end. The surgical instrument system may further include an irrigation sleeve having a sleeve body extending between a proximal sleeve end and a distal sleeve end. The irrigation sleeve may further have a first lumen and a second lumen spaced out of fluid communication with the first lumen, the first lumen formed in the sleeve body for receiving at least a portion of the elongated housing of the endoscope with the distal instrument end arranged adjacent to the distal sleeve end. The second lumen may be formed in the sleeve body and extend between a lumen inlet adapted for fluid communication with an irrigation source and a lumen outlet arranged to direct irrigation fluid toward the distal instrument end.

A rotary osteotome for deep reach applications. The body of the osteotome has a tapered end that supports helically spiraling flutes. Substantially margin-less (without margin) working edges are interleaved between the flutes to provide compaction action when rotated in a non cutting direction. The body also has an elongated cylindrical stopper section. An irrigation conduit passes through the center of the stopper section and emerges at a plurality of outlet orifices that function as independent nozzles for irrigating fluid. The outlet orifices are generally elliptical in shape and spaced around the body to maintain balance. The irrigation conduit has a main trunk that opens to a flow splitter, which in turn divides the flow of irrigating fluid into substantially equal branches. Each branch is angled at an acute trajectory relative to the longitudinal axis, in the direction of said apical end, between about 10 and 45.

An end effector includes a drive system to rotatably drive a removeable cutting accessory. The cutting accessory defines a bore. The drive system includes a drive member that defines a lumen. A cartridge is provided to deliver liquid from a liquid source, through the lumen of the drive member, through the bore of the cutting accessory, and to a surgical site.

The invention relates to a surgical bone-drilling device (1) comprising a drill (3) connected to a drive (2), a container (4) for a coolant (5), at least one pump (6) for delivering the coolant (5), a first conduit (7) for delivering the coolant (5) from the container (4) into the interior of the drill (3), and a second conduit (8) for delivering the coolant (5) from the container (4) to the outside of the drill (3), and also a handpiece (19), a drill guide (20), and a cooling method for such a bone-drilling device (1). To improve the cooling action, a measuring device (9) is provided for detecting the drilling depth (d) of the drill (3), which measuring device (9) is connected to a control device (10) for controlling transport of the coolant (5), such that the quality of the coolant (5) in the first conduit (7) and in the second conduit (8) can be controlled as a function of the drilling depth (d) of the drill (3).

A cylindrical sleeve device can be attached or secured to a surgical drill. The sleeve can include a drill coupler, an intermediary section, and a sleeve body. The sleeve can include multiple internal channels. The internal channels can include drill channel, which can be circular and located at the center of the sleeve. The drill channel can be configured to receive a surgical drill. The internal channels can include a suction channel and/or a cooling channel. The suction channel and/or cooling channel can be concentrically positioned relative the drill channel.

A biomimetic desert beetle self-transporting bone microgrinding head and a preparation process thereof, and relates to the field of medical instruments. The microgrinding head includes a hydrophobic matrix or a matrix having a hydrophobic plating layer. The matrix has a hydrophobic surface on which several hydrophilic abrasive particles are uniformly distributed. A process for preparing the microgrinding head is: selecting diamond abrasive particles and conducting oxidization treatment of the diamond abrasive particles; forming a hydrophobic matrix by scanning a surface of the matrix with a laser; or alternatively obtaining a hydrophobic plating layer by a chemical modification method; and combining the oxidized diamond abrasive particles with the hydrophobic matrix or the hydrophobic plating layer by electroplating to obtain a microgrinding head. The microgrinding head utilizes to achieve an effect of being capable of cooling rapidly and capturing cooling medium droplets and effectively transporting the droplets to a grinding arc region.

An end effector of a surgical robotic manipulator includes a removeable cutting accessory. The cutting accessory includes a cutting tip and a shaft extending along an axis. A drive member is configured to rotatably drive the shaft of the cutting accessory. An actuator is coupled to the drive member for rotatably driving the drive member. A clutch assembly is supported by and is selectively rotatable relative to the drive member and receives the shaft of the cutting accessory along the axis of the shaft for selectively locking the shaft to the drive member.

A surgical instrument includes an outer tubular sleeve configured to receive a middle tubular member coaxially therethrough to define an irrigation pathway therebetween and therealong. An inner tubular shaft is rotatably received within the middle tubular member, a distal end of the inner tubular shaft forming a surgical bur configured to cut tissue or bone upon rotation thereof. One or more fluid exit ports is defined at the end of the irrigation passageway between the distal end of the outer tubular sleeve and the distal end of the middle tubular member. The fluid port(s) is configured to direct irrigation fluid in a narrow stream toward the surgical bur. The annular space between each respective fluid exit port at the end of the irrigation passageway is sealed to prevent irrigation fluid from leaking and obscuring the surgeon's view of the surgical bur.