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APPARATUS FOR REMOVING BLOOD CLOTS, CATARACTS AND OTHER OBJECTS FROM THE EYE

  • US 3,732,858 A
  • Filed: 02/14/1969
  • Issued: 05/15/1973
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/16/1968
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Apparatus for cutting and then removing material from a portion of the body of a human being or other animal in vivo comprising elongated removal means adapted to be inserted within said body portion, said elongated removal means formed with at least one passage through a portion thereof and having a pair of jaws located in proximity to and in communication with one end of said passage at the operative end of the removal means with the other end of said passage exiting from the removal means, at least one of said jaws having cutting means thereon, means for mounting said jaws such that one is rotatable relative to the other to cut the material from the body while said removal means is located therein, and means connected to said removal means for providing a suction force in said passage, said jaws being formed to present an opening at the operative end of the instrument during a portion of arc of rotation of one jaw relative to the other to bring by the action of the suction force the material being removed in proximity to said pair of jaws for cutting thereby, the material cut by said jaws being conveyed by the suction force through the exiting end of the passage while said removal means is still located in the body.

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