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Removal of tissue

  • US 20020052617A1
  • Filed: 10/04/2001
  • Published: 05/02/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/17/1990
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. Apparatus for removing tissue from a patient, comprising:

  • means for ultrasonically reciprocating a tip of a handpiece having a longitudinal axis along said longitudinal axis wherein the tip is symmetrical about its longitudinal axis and has an opening extending along its longitudinal axis;

    means for rotating said tip about said longitudinal axis in a first of clockwise and counterclockwise direction;

    means for rotating said tip in a second of clockwise and counterclockwise direction about its longitudinal axis;

    means for changing directions repeatedly between said first and second of clockwise and counterclockwise direction.

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