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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:
Aug. 13, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 15, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Avi Grinblat, New York, NY (US);
Stanley Chang, Scarsdale, NY (US);
Assignee:
A.V.I. - Advanced Visual Instruments, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N / ; A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604294 ; 604 21 ; 604117 ; 604174 ; 606 15 ;
Abstract
A medical device for eye surgery, particularly retinal surgery, combines a flow of infusing fluid and optical fiber illumination. The device uses a single strand of plastic optical fiber which extends through bores in a juncture device, tube and needle cannula with sufficient clearance to permit the flow of the infusing fluid.