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Apparatus for eliminating air bubbles in an ultrasonic surgical device

US5151083A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 29, 1991
Grant dateSep 29, 1992
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Expiry dateJul 29, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S604/902
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In an ultrasonic handpiece with irrigation an aspiration passages, an opening is made between the aspirating passage and the irrigating passage so as to remove bubbles from the operating site so that the surgeon's vision will not be obstructed.

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