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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:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2002
Applicant:
Assignee:
Synergetics, Inc., St. Charles, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/732 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/732 ;
Abstract
A high efficiency ultrasonic surgical aspiration tip apparatus and accompanying method for surgical use. The apparatus has one or more substantially “V” or “U” shaped cuts in a contacting. The apparatus and method of use provides a cutting action at the contacting end when the tip is ultrasonically excited. The apparatus and method of use further provides a substantially uniform ultrasonic and aspiration field due to the positioning and shape of the substantially “V” or “U” shaped cuts. The aforesaid further allows a surgeon to position the ultrasonic generator handpiece at any rotational angle for provision of the benefits cited.