Ultrasonic scalpel
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1. An ultrasonic scalpel including:
- a housing having an interior;
a support piece in said housing;
a blade coupled to said support piece;
an armature in said support piece;
driver means for applying ultrasonic energy to the blade along its axis through said armature and said support piece to vibrate the blade in a lateral harmonic motion.
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Abstract
A light, self-contained, hand held, ultrasonic surgical scalpel having a housing, an ultrasonic power source within the housing, to which ultrasonic vibrations are provided to a blade to which result in cutting features by lateral motion as well as by reciprocating motion imparted to the blades with said cutting action being adjustable.
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22 Claims
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1. An ultrasonic scalpel including:
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a housing having an interior;
a support piece in said housing;
a blade coupled to said support piece;
an armature in said support piece;
driver means for applying ultrasonic energy to the blade along its axis through said armature and said support piece to vibrate the blade in a lateral harmonic motion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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3. An ultrasonic scalpel including:
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a housing having an interior;
a support piece in said housing;
a blade coupled to said support piece;
driver means for applying ultrasonic energy to the blade along its axis through said support piece to vibrate the blade in a lateral whiplike motion. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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