Surgery – Instruments – Light application
Patent
1998-03-05
2000-09-19
Dvorak, Linda C. M.
Surgery
Instruments
Light application
606 15, 606 4, 606 6, 604 35, A61B 1736
Patent
active
061204986
ABSTRACT:
An aspirating handpiece for laser surgical applications, includes an elongated hollow cylindrical probe member (22). A proximal end (24) of the probe member is arranged such that aspiration means can be connected therewith, and a distal end (26) of the probe member has an aperture therein for receiving matter to be aspirated. An elongated optical fiber (50) extends along the probe member with the distal end (59) of the fiber proximate the aperture therein. The proximal end (52) of the fiber is arranged to receive laser radiation. The probe member has an inside diameter progressively increasing from the distal end thereof to the proximal end thereof.
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D'Amico Donald J.
Jani Mahendra G.
Marcellino George
Snyder Robert W.
Yarborough J. Michael
Dvorak Linda C. M.
Yarnell Bryan K.
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