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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 03, 1994
Carl C Awh, Lutherville, MD (US);
R Scott Rader, Baltimore, MD (US);
Alexander C Walsh, Hunt Valley, MD (US);
Eugene de Juan, Jr, Phoenix, MD (US);
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
A multi-function pick-manipulator device that provides the functions of a vitreoretinal pick, fiberoptic illumination, and irrigation/aspiration. The manipulator may also function as a bipolar diathermy device. To provide a compact, multi-function device, the aspiration tube projects distally beyond the distal end of the fiber optic containing support tube of the manipulator. The projecting aspiration tube is bent and shaped at its tip to define a pick-like structure that extends in a direction generally transverse to the axis of the fiber optics. An aspiration opening is defined through the wall of the aspiration tube proximal to the pick-like tip.