Surgery – Instruments – Light application
Patent
1994-06-03
1996-09-10
Apley, Richard J.
Surgery
Instruments
Light application
606161, 604 20, 604289, 604294, 604902, A61B 1736, A61F 9007
Patent
active
055541550
ABSTRACT:
A multi-function pick-manipulator device that provides the functions of a vitreoretinal pick, fiberoptic illumination, and irrigation/aspiration. The manipulator may also function as a bipolar diathermy device. To provide a compact, multi-function device, the aspiration tube projects distally beyond the distal end of the fiber optic containing support tube of the manipulator. The projecting aspiration tube is bent and shaped at its tip to define a pick-like structure that extends in a direction generally transverse to the axis of the fiber optics. An aspiration opening is defined through the wall of the aspiration tube proximal to the pick-like tip.
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Awh Carl C.
de Juan, Jr. Eugene
Rader R. Scott
Walsh Alexander C.
Apley Richard J.
Johns Hopkins University
Leubecker John P.
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