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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2015
Applicant:
Invuity, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Alex Vayser, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Fernando Erismann, New York, NY (US);
Douglas Rimer, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Vladimir Zagatsky, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Invuity, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/015 (2006.01); A61B 1/07 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 19/5202 (2013.01); A61B 1/0017 (2013.01); A61B 1/00135 (2013.01); A61B 1/015 (2013.01); A61B 1/06 (2013.01); A61B 1/0607 (2013.01); A61B 1/07 (2013.01); A61M 1/008 (2013.01); A61M 1/0023 (2013.01); A61M 1/0039 (2013.01); A61M 1/0031 (2013.01); A61M 2205/587 (2013.01);
Abstract
An illuminated suction apparatus including a hand-held surgical device combining a high-performance non-fiber optic optical waveguide with suction. This device is useful in a wide array of surgical procedures including open and minimally invasive orthopedics.