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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2016
Applicant:
Alcon Inc., Fribourg, CH;
Inventors:
Reto Grueebler, Greifensee, CH;
Stephen Lane, Shoreview, MN (US);
Philipp Schaller, Stein am Rhein, CH;
Assignee:
Alcon Inc., Fribourg, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61M 3/02 (2006.01); A61F 9/007 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/0064 (2013.01); A61F 9/00736 (2013.01); A61M 1/008 (2013.01); A61M 3/0283 (2013.01); A61M 2210/0612 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hand piece having an irrigation portion and an aspiration portion that are releasably coupled is disclosed. In an assembled configuration, the irrigation portion and the aspiration portion are coupled such that the hand piece may be manipulable by a user as a single unit. In a separated configuration, the irrigation portion and the aspiration portion may be utilized separate from each other. The irrigation portion and the aspiration portion may be freely moved between the assembled configuration and the separated configuration.