Laser assisted device and method for resectoscopes

Surgery – Instruments – Light application

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606 39, 606 45, A61B 1736

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ABSTRACT:
A surgical device is provided that is to be used with standardly available resectoscopes, combining the better qualities of familiar tissue scraping tools and real time imaging with the better qualities of laser radiation surgery. The laser radiation is delivered using side-firing optical fibers and is capable of delivering the amount of power needed to ablate or coagulate tissue. The state of the useful art is advanced by incorporating the ability to ablate as well as coagulate tissue using laser radiation, together with the ability to scrape and/or cauterize tissue and simultaneously use familiar real time imaging capabilities, all fitted into a single device that is used with a standard resectoscope. This allows surgeons to use as many familiar and tested techniques as possible and allows hospitals to purchase the device with minimal additional procurement activity. This small and economically packed device will actively promote the surgical use of the best attributes of electromechanical tissue removal devices, laser irradiation devices, and optical imaging devices.

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