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Method and apparatus for preheating an optical instrument prior to use thereof in a medical procedure

  • US 5,351,675 A
  • Filed: 08/14/1992
  • Issued: 10/04/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/14/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In combination, a laparoscope and an apparatus for preheating said laparoscope prior to use thereof in a medical procedure, said laparoscope including an elongated optical shaft portion which is adapted to be received in the body of a patient, said apparatus comprising an elongated sleeve dimensioned for receiving said shaft portion therein, said sleeve having an open end and a closed end and including flexible inner and outer walls which cooperate to define a compartment therebetween, said inner wall defining an inner pocket dimensioned for receiving said laparoscope therein, said pocket having an open end and a closed end which correspond to the open and closed ends of said sleeve, respectively, said compartment substantially completely surrounding said pocket, and heating means in said compartment for heating said shaft portion.

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