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Ultrasonic handpiece with multiple piezoelectric elements and heat dissipator

US5843109A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 29, 1996
Grant dateDec 1, 1998
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Expiry dateMay 29, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B2018/00035
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Handpiece apparatus is provided for disruption and removal of tissue, tumors, bone, cartilage, calculi or the like which includes an arrangement of piezoelectric crystals and a heat sink in order to control crystal temperature despite interruption of cooling irrigation flow through the handpiece.

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