Surgery – Instruments – Light application
Patent
1996-12-11
1999-04-27
Peffley, Michael
Surgery
Instruments
Light application
606 13, 606 2, A61B 1736
Patent
active
058975500
ABSTRACT:
A sensor system for detecting concealed blood vessels including a handpiece having a passage for transmitting a laser beam and a detector housing at the distal end of the handpiece, the housing including a common electrode, a plurality of segmented electrodes spaced from the common electrode and between the common electrode and the segmented electrodes a plurality of four sensitive elements having an electrical characteristic which varies with the force applied; and an indicator device responsive to variations in the electrical characteristic for representing the presence of a concealed vessel.
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Negus Charles Christopher
Rudko Robert I.
Woodruff Eileen A.
Peffley Michael
PLC Medical Systems, Inc.
Yarnell Bryan K.
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