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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:
Nov. 23, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 22, 1997
Peter Francis Appelbaum, Ballwin, MO (US);
Kevin Paul Kepley, Dellwood, MO (US);
Bausch & Lomb Surgical, Inc., Claremont, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus to detect the presence of a surgical handpiece is provided. The handpiece is electrically isolated from its source of electric power by a transformer having two primary windings and one secondary winding. The first winding provides power to the handpiece and the second winding is used in the handpiece detection apparatus. The handpiece detection apparatus includes a detection circuit and a comparator that compares the electrical signal input to a standard to determine the presence of the handpiece.
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