Surgery – Instruments – Means for removing – inserting or aiding in the removal or...
Patent
1996-04-15
1998-02-10
Dawson, Glenn
Surgery
Instruments
Means for removing, inserting or aiding in the removal or...
606166, 606171, 604 22, A61F 900
Patent
active
057163634
ABSTRACT:
An intracellular surgical tool for removing material from an eye of a patient. The tool is provided with a blade to allow the tool to make its own incision in the eye. The tool is provided with a cutting assembly and an aspiration apparatus to remove a portion of vitreous from the eye for inspection and testing. The tool is also fitted with a mechanism for replacing the removed vitreous with saline or similar fluid. The tool is portable having a housing and battery pack releasably coupled to one another. The cutting assembly is releasably secured to the housing. Accordingly, the housing may be removed and the cutting assembly discarded so that the housing may be sterilized before performing a vitrectomy.
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Dawson Glenn
Trout Brett J.
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