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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. 29, 1998
Filed:
May. 08, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Scott Bair, Atlanta, GA (US);
Assignee:
SurgiJet, Inc., Orinda, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604 22 ; 604141 ; 604143 ;
Abstract
An instrument for providing high pressure fluid pulses for cutting tissue including an internal pressure intensifying mechanism, and the provision of a suction force at the distal end of the instrument including an internal vacuum generating device to increase the suction force provided by a conventional suction source. A piston mechanism is provided for converting a low pressure fluid input to a high pressure fluid output, and a second piston mechanism is provided to intensify the suction force created by a conventional suction source at the surgical site.