Vitreous cutter

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1991-05-16

1993-01-05

Thaler, Michael H.

Surgery

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

With means for cutting, scarifying, or vibrating tissue

606171, A61B 1732

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051766280

ABSTRACT:
An improved vitreous cutter having a housing with two halves connected together by tapered pins on one half fitting into holes on the other half with a proximal end, a distal end, an internal transverse bore and a longitudinal bore intersecting the transverse bore and penetrating the housing at the proximal and distal ends, a pair of inlets in the proximal end of the housing in fluid communication with opposite ends of the transverse bore for allowing pressurized air to be introduced into the transverse bore, a thermoplastic piston slideably received in the transverse bore having a toothed, longitudinal slot, a stainless steel stationary outer cutting tube having a cutting port on a distal end, a stainless steel rotatable inner cutting tube telescopically received in the outer cutting tube having a cutting port on a distal end and penetrating the proximal end of the housing to form a suction port, a flexible seal between the inner cutting tube and the outer cutting tube and a pinion gear on a medial section of the inner cutting tube that is received in the piston slot so as to rotate alternately the inner cutting tube within the outer cutting tube as the piston moves within the transverse bore in response to the pressurized air.

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