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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:
Nov. 16, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Larry L Hood, Lagnua Hills, CA (US);
Charles E Beuchat, Irvine, CA (US);
Harold J Walbrink, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Maurice M Imonti, Dana Point, CA (US);
William T Cleminshaw, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Alcon Surgical, Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604153 ; 604 30 ; 606107 ;
Abstract
A system and apparatus are disclosed for controlling amounts of fluid flow to and from a surgical site. The system includes a surgical handpiece having means including a passage for allowing fluid flow to and from a surgical site. A dispensing assembly is couplable to the handpiece for movement therewith and is selectively operable for automatically controlling continuously or discretely a controlled and metered amount of fluid flow to and from the surgical site.