Liquefaction handpiece

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1996-12-11

1999-03-23

Yasko, John D.

Surgery

Means for introducing or removing material from body for...

Material introduced into and removed from body through...

A61M 100

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058852433

ABSTRACT:
A surgical handpiece having at least two lumens mounted to a body. One lumen is used for aspiration, the second lumen is used to inject heated surgical fluid for liquefying a cataractous lens. A portion of the second lumen is surrounded by an insulated heating element that heats the surgical fluid as it passes through the second lumen. The handpiece may also contain a device for delivering the surgical fluid through the second lumen in metered pulses of a defined volume.

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