Surgical instrument with incorporated lighting system

Details Surgical instrument with incorporated lighting system Surgical instrument with incorporated lighting system

1983-11-16

1985-09-24

Thaler, Michael H.

Surgery

Truss

Pad

128305, 362119, A61B 1732

Patent

active

045427410

ABSTRACT:
A surgical instrument includes a blade, a handle supporting the blade, and a light source. The handle is constructed at least partially from a light-transmissive and optical waveguiding material and the light source directs light through the light-transmissive material to the blade to illuminate a field surrounding the blade to aid the surgeon using the instrument.

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patent: 4053979 (1977-10-01), Tuthill et al.
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