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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 1984
Filed:
Apr. 09, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gholam A Peyman, Chicago, IL (US);
Notilal Raichand, Oak Brook, IL (US);
Edward J Murray, Palos Park, IL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604 22 ; 128305 ; 433119 ;
Abstract
A surgical system and apparatus which includes a handpiece with an ultrasonic motor for driving a needle or other instrument with ultrasound and further including a cutting tube or rotary motor that is mounted within the needle such that the tube can cut material which passes through openings in the tube to be engaged by the tube. Irrigation and aspiration is provided and a surgeon may selectively cut with ultrasound, or with the cutting action or with both, as required. The handpiece may be combined with a built-in light source.