Illuminated mircorsurgical probe

An instrument comprising:

• a handle having a handle distal end and a handle proximal end;
• an inner bore of the handle, the inner bore extending from the handle distal end to the handle proximal end;
• a vent of the handle having a vent distal end and a vent proximal end, the vent configured to manipulate a pressure within the handle inner bore;
• a diffuser having a diffuser distal end, a diffuser proximal end, and a diffuser inner bore;
• an aspiration conduit having an aspiration conduit distal end and an aspiration conduit proximal end wherein the aspiration conduit distal end is disposed in the diffuser inner bore and the aspiration conduit proximal end is disposed in the inner bore of the handle;
• an optic fiber bundle having an optic fiber bundle distal end and an optic fiber bundle proximal end, the optic fiber distal end disposed in the diffuser inner bore;
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• is a distal retainer having a distal retainer distal end and a distal retainer proximal end, the distal retainer disposed the diffuser inner bore wherein the optic fiber bundle distal end is disposed in the distal retainer.

An instrument comprising:

• a handle having a handle distal end and a handle proximal end;
• an inner bore of the handle, the inner bore extending from the handle distal end to the handle proximal end;
• a diffuser having a diffuser distal end, a diffuser proximal end, and a diffuser inner bore;
• an aspiration conduit having an aspiration conduit distal end and an aspiration conduit proximal end wherein the aspiration conduit distal end is disposed in the diffuser inner bore and the aspiration conduit proximal end is disposed in the inner bore of the handle;
• a light source interface having a light source interface distal end and a light source interface proximal end, the light source configured to interface with a surgical illumination machine;
• an optic fiber bundle having an optic fiber bundle distal end and an optic fiber bundle proximal end, the optic fiber distal end disposed in the diffuser inner bore;
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• a proximal retainer having a proximal retainer distal end and a proximal retainer proximal end, the proximal retainer disposed in the light source interface wherein the optic fiber bundle proximal end is disposed in the proximal retainer.