Streamlined ultrasonic device and method of use
First Claim
1. A phacoemulsification device, comprising:
- a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end;
an applicator tip provided at the distal end;
said shaft including an aspiration passageway extending within said shaft and said applicator tip having an aspiration port that is in flow communication with the aspiration passageway, and said shaft includes a shaft section having an exposed convoluted surface that extends longitudinally along said shaft section and, in cross-section, has a sinusoidal pattern;
wherein,the exposed convoluted surface comprises a first set of projections and a second set of projections, with each projection presenting a curved surface at a radial outermost end; and
the curved surfaces of the projections of the first set of projections are shorter than the curved surfaces of the projections of the second set of projections.
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Abstract
A phacoemulsification device has a cutting tip for insertion into an eye and contact with a cataract. The device includes a shaft having a phacoemulsification movement generator connector end, an applicator tip supporting end, and a shaft section extending between the respective ends of the shaft. The shaft section has a convoluted exposed surface comprising longitudinally extending projections and longitudinally extending valleys arranged in sequence about the circumference of the shaft section. The projections are free of any edges as in, for example, an embodiment that includes projections and valleys that have smooth sloped curving walls in cross section and include a plurality of mirror image S-shaped regions extending from a maximum radial extension of a first projection, down to a maximum depth of a first valley and up to a maximum radial extension of a second projection, with the valley positioned between the first and second projections.
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30 Claims
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1. A phacoemulsification device, comprising:
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a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end; an applicator tip provided at the distal end; said shaft including an aspiration passageway extending within said shaft and said applicator tip having an aspiration port that is in flow communication with the aspiration passageway, and said shaft includes a shaft section having an exposed convoluted surface that extends longitudinally along said shaft section and, in cross-section, has a sinusoidal pattern;
wherein,the exposed convoluted surface comprises a first set of projections and a second set of projections, with each projection presenting a curved surface at a radial outermost end; and the curved surfaces of the projections of the first set of projections are shorter than the curved surfaces of the projections of the second set of projections. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26)
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23. The device of 22 wherein said valleys and said projections of said first and second sets are entirely comprised of curved surface sections.
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27. A phacoemulsification device, comprising:
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a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end; an applicator tip provided at the distal end; said shaft including an aspiration passageway extending within said shaft and said applicator tip having an aspiration port that is in flow communication with the aspiration passageway, and said shaft includes a shaft section having an exposed convoluted surface that extends longitudinally along said shaft section and, in cross-section, has a sinusoidal pattern;
wherein,the exposed convoluted surface comprises a first set of projections and a second set of projections, with each projection presenting a curved surface at a radial outermost end; the curved surfaces of the projections of the first set of projections are shorter than the curved surfaces of the projections of the second set of projections; and said curved surfaces of said first and second sets of projections present a generally semi-circular outermost exposed surface, such that each projection comprises a radial outermost point corresponding to a common circumferential line, wherein projections of said second set of projections have an outermost exposed surface presentation that is circumferentially longer than an outermost exposed surface presentation of projections of said first set of projections, and wherein all projections in said first and second sets have curved side wall edge regions that extend down and away from the curved outermost exposed surface presentations of the respective projections. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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29. A phacoemulsification device, comprising:
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a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end; an applicator tip provided at the distal end; said shaft including an aspiration passageway extending within said shaft and said applicator tip having an aspiration port that is in flow communication with the aspiration passageway, and said shaft includes a shaft section having an exposed convoluted surface that extends longitudinally along said shaft section and, in cross-section, has a sinusoidal pattern; and said applicator tip includes a cutter tip with an opposing flat faced side walls section, having a pair of inlet ports positioned on opposite sides of said opposing flat faced side walls section such that said inlet ports extend in converging fashion into fluid communication connection with the aspiration passageway, and wherein said inlet ports converge into a common, coinciding outlet port, being oblong in cross section, that feeds directly into the aspiration passageway; wherein said opposing flat faced side walls section comprises a pair of opposing flat faced side walls at a distal end and a transition section at a proximal end, and said inlet ports are positioned on opposite sides of said transition section. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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Specification