Assisted lipectomy device
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1. An assisted lipectomy device, comprising:
- handle means;
an outer tube having distal and proximate ends, and having a longitudinal slot, said outer tube being open at said proximate end, and said proximate end of said outer tube attached to said handle means;
an inner tube having distal and proximate ends, and having a spiral slot, said inner tube located within said outer tube, said inner tube being open at said proximate end, and said proximate end of said inner tube attached to said handle means;
said spiral and longitudinal slots each having rounded edges;
motor means coupled to said inner tube for oscillating said inner tube; and
vacuum means for creating suction within said inner tube.
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Abstract
An improved lipectomy device, or cannula, is disclosed having inner and outer tubes. The outer tube has an elongated aspiration aperture, and the inner tube has a spiral slot. A mechanism inside the handle of the device causes the inner tube to rotate, creating a traveling hole effect along the aspiration aperture. Alternatively, the inner tube may oscillate rather than comoplete full rotations. This obviates the necessity of the surgeon repeatedly pushing the cannula in and out.
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19 Claims
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1. An assisted lipectomy device, comprising:
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handle means; an outer tube having distal and proximate ends, and having a longitudinal slot, said outer tube being open at said proximate end, and said proximate end of said outer tube attached to said handle means; an inner tube having distal and proximate ends, and having a spiral slot, said inner tube located within said outer tube, said inner tube being open at said proximate end, and said proximate end of said inner tube attached to said handle means; said spiral and longitudinal slots each having rounded edges; motor means coupled to said inner tube for oscillating said inner tube; and vacuum means for creating suction within said inner tube. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An assisted lipectomy device comprising:
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a hollow handle having first and second ends, and having means for attaching said handle to a vacuum source; an inner tube having distal and proximate ends, said proximate end of said inner tube passing through said first end of said handle and having a tube gear attached thereto, said inner tube further having a spiral slot with rounded edges; an outer tube having distal and proximate ends and surrounding said inner tube, said proximate end of said outer tube being attached to said first end of said handle and having a longitudinal slot with rounded edges; and motor means coupled to said tube gear for imparting oscillatory motion to said inner tube. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An assisted lipectomy device comprising:
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a handle having first and second ends and a cavity extending from said first end to said second end, and having a port at said second end for attachment to a vacuum source, said handle further having a groove along an inner surface near said first end; an inner tube having distal and proximate ends and an outer surface, said proximate end of said inner tube being in fluid communication with said cavity of said handle at said first end of said handle, said inner tube further having a spiral slot with rounded edges and a pinion surrounding said proximate end; an outer tube having distal and proximate ends and surrounding said inner tube, said proximate end of said outer tube being attached to said first end of said handle and having a longitudinal slot with rounded edges; a flexible steel cable having first and second ends; a motor remote from said handle, said motor rotatably driving said first end of said cable; a rack coupled to said second end of said cable, said rack engaging said pinion whereby lateral movement of said rack causes rotational movement of said pinion; and a tab attached to said outer surface of said inner tube near said proximate end thereof, said tab slidably mating with said groove in said handle. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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