Patent · US Expired

Microsurgical cassette

US5499969A · kind A · utility

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25Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 14, 1994
Grant dateMar 19, 1996
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Expiry dateJul 14, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S128/12
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A cassette for use in combination with a surgical handpiece and a control console for controlling irrigation and/or aspiration fluid flows in the handpiece having a housing with an external surface and an interface adapted to be held in operative association with the control console, an inlet coupling, a pump tube having an inlet and a discharge line in fluid communication with a waste container and a fluid flow passage in fluid communication with the inlet coupling and the pump inlet consisting of an open channel formed in the external surface and a gasket adhered to the external surface to seal the channel fluid-tight.

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