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Endarterectomy surgical instrument and procedure

  • US 6,358,244 B1
  • Filed: 04/20/1999
  • Issued: 03/19/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/12/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A surgical instrument comprising:

  • (A) a spatula tip having at a first end thereof;

    (a) an optics opening, and (b) a plurality of fluid openings;

    (B) first flexible tubular means extending through said spatula tip from said optics opening, said first flexible tubular means having;

    (a) a remote end opposite said spatula tip, (b) at least one fiber optic cable arranged to conduct light from a light source to said optics opening, and (c) at least one other fiber optic cable to conduct an image of a surgical site to an image forming unit;

    (C) second flexible tubular means extending through said spatula tip from said fluid openings in said spatula tip to a remote end; and

    (D) connector means having an end connectable to;

    (a) the light source;

    (b) the image forming unit, and (c) a fluid source and an opposite end connectable to;

    (a) said remote end of said first flexible tubular means, and (b) said remote end of said second flexible tubular means.

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