Surgical clip-on light pipe illumination assembly

Details Surgical clip-on light pipe illumination assembly Surgical clip-on light pipe illumination assembly

1984-09-24

1986-08-12

Wolfe, Willis R.

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128 20, 24507, F21V 800

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active

046059903

ABSTRACT:
A disposable surgical clip-on light pipe illumination assembly constituted by a manually-operated clamp adapted to clip onto an abdominal or other tissue wall surrouding a surgical site. The clamp is provided with a holder to retain a short, flexible light pipe at a position at which the front section of the pipe which terminates in an optical outlet projects into the surgical site. The rear end of the pipe terminates in an optical inlet coupled to a light source whereby light transmitted through the pipe is discharged from its optical outlet into the site. The front section of the pipe is sheathed in a bendable sleeve having dead soft characteristics, thereby making it possible for the surgeon, by bending the sleeve, to orient the light outlet to direct the light emanating therefrom toward a desired region of the surgical site.

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