Combined ultrasonic emulsifier and mechanical cutter for surgery
First Claim
1. An ophthalmic medical cutting instrument comprising a handpiece, an outer tube means, an inner tube means coaxially mounted in said outer tube means, a remote connected ultrasonic generator, an ultrasonic motor connected to said ultrasonic generator means and mounted in said handpiece producing signals in a frequency range above 20,000 cycles per second in and through the handpiece for driving said outer tube means for vibratory fragmentation of eye tissue, a separate drive means connected to said inner tube means and mounted in said handpiece for reciprocably driving said inner tube means for shearing eye tissue, and said outer tube having a side opening so that said inner tube can shear eye tissue and said ultrasonic motor means and said separate drive means can be simultaneously or individually operated.
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Abstract
A surgical system and apparatus which includes a handpiece with an ultrasonic motor for driving a needle or other instrument with ultrasound and further including a cutting tube or rotary motor that is mounted within the needle such that the tube can cut material which passes through openings in the tube to be engaged by the tube. Irrigation and aspiration is provided and a surgeon may selectively cut with ultrasound, or with the cutting action or with both, as required. The handpiece may be combined with a built-in light source.
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- 1. An ophthalmic medical cutting instrument comprising a handpiece, an outer tube means, an inner tube means coaxially mounted in said outer tube means, a remote connected ultrasonic generator, an ultrasonic motor connected to said ultrasonic generator means and mounted in said handpiece producing signals in a frequency range above 20,000 cycles per second in and through the handpiece for driving said outer tube means for vibratory fragmentation of eye tissue, a separate drive means connected to said inner tube means and mounted in said handpiece for reciprocably driving said inner tube means for shearing eye tissue, and said outer tube having a side opening so that said inner tube can shear eye tissue and said ultrasonic motor means and said separate drive means can be simultaneously or individually operated.
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