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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:
Jan. 21, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1999
Bertrand Gonon, Lyons, FR;
Saphir Medical, Dardilly, FR;
Abstract
The handpiece for use in a surgical or medical operation, includes means for generating instructions to control operation of at least one apparatus connected to the handpiece or associated with the surgical or medical operation through a pneumatic variation or a series of pneumatic variations in a fluid transported by at least one control conduit connecting the handpiece to a pressure or depression generator, the variation or series of variations being generated by a direct or indirect digital action by the operator on the control conduit or an opening of the conduit, the variation or series of variations being detected, then processed and exploited to remotely control the apparatus. The control method comprises generating at least one pressure or depression variation or discontinuity by a digital action on an area, a specific shape, or a key on the body of the handpiece connected by a conduit to a pressure or depression generator, the variation or discontinuity being detected by a detector or a sensor coupled to a circuit which generates a corresponding detection signal or detection signals, and the detection signal or detection signals being processed to control the operation of the apparatus, so that the handpiece constitutes a remote control for the apparatus concerned. The invention is of interest to handpiece manufacturers.