Handpiece drive apparatus for powered surgical scissors

Details Handpiece drive apparatus for powered surgical scissors Handpiece drive apparatus for powered surgical scissors

1987-12-21

1991-06-04

Thaler, Michael H.

Surgery

Instruments

Cutting, puncturing or piercing

606107, A61B 1732

Patent

active

050205358

ABSTRACT:
There is disclosed herein a system for providing control of multiple functions needed to perform eye surgery. A microprocessor based system controls a pneumatic system for driving pneumatic scissors in either a variable frequency, multicut mode or a proportional cut mode where the cutting pressure is proportional to the position of a foot operated position sensor.

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