Laser surgical knife
US4470414A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 20, 1981 |
| Grant date | Sep 11, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 20, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2018/00708
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A laser surgical knife characterized by switches, which can adjust an output power within the safe scope from the output power preliminarily set for a laser oscillator, mounted on an attachment of said laser surgical knife which is held by an operating surgeon's hand in order to irradiate laser rays on the affected parts. The present invention can provide a laser surgical knife of which output power can be changed at one touch and in safe without interrupting surgical operations merely by a simple process in which an operating surgeon operates a handy switch for hinself.
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