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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 10, 1997
Daniel A Kramer, Dublin, OH (US);
Beth Ann Kizer, Columbus, OH (US);
William G Atterbury, Columbus, OH (US);
Marty J Warnecke, Grandview, OH (US);
Steve W Stracener, Frederick, CO (US);
Jan B Yates, Reynoldsburg, OH (US);
Neoprobe Corporation, Columbus, OH (US);
Abstract
A surgical probe wherein a heat sterilizable and reusable detector component is combined with a disposable handle and cable assembly. The reusable detector component incorporates a detector crystal and associated mountings along with preamplifier components. It is formed having a positioning shaft extending therefrom to a contact supporting surface carrying a pattern of electrical contact surfaces. Two orientation bosses are formed with the positioning shaft. The disposable handle employs an insert member having a receiving cavity. The electrical contact carrying tip of the shaft engages an elastomeric seal and moves into electrical engagement with a pattern of electrical contacts mounted within the handle in conjunction with a permanently affixed flexible cable.