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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:
Dec. 01, 1998
Filed:
May. 29, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Pravin V Mehta, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
George Bromfield, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Assignee:
Allergan, Waco, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606169 ; 606170 ; 604 22 ;
Abstract
Handpiece apparatus is provided for disruption and removal of tissue, tumors, bone, cartilage, calculi or the like which includes an arrangement of piezoelectric crystals and a heat sink in order to control crystal temperature despite interruption of cooling irrigation flow through the handpiece.
Published as:
WO9745078A1; US5843109A; EP0942696A1; JP2000511081A; EP0942696B1; DE69723856D1; DE69723856T2; JP3703149B2;