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US 6,730,076 B2Granted
Fiberoptic probe tip
AssigneeAlcon Inc.
InventorDyson W. Hickingbotham
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Abstract
A probe tip having a surgical tool manufactured from a light transmissive material. Such a construction eliminates the need for a separate fiberoptic and surgical tool. If desired, the probe tip may be used in combination with a surgical probe having an actuation handle made from springy material having a memory. Squeezing the handle causing the actuation device to elongate, thereby causing movement in the probe tip. The probe handle of the present invention may be held and actuated in any position.
Claims7
A surgical device, comprising:
- a) a tip made from a light transmissive material;
- b) a forceps formed on the tip from the light transmissive material;
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- c) a fiberoptic mechanically connected to the tip.
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A probe, comprising:
- a) an actuation handle having a first diameter and a first length in its relaxed stated and a second diameter and a second length in its compressed state, the first diameter being larger than the second diameter and the second length being longer than the first length;
- b) a tube fixed to a distal end of the actuation handle;
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- c) a probe tip made from a light transmissive material, the probe tip being mechanically connected to a fiberoptic and having a forceps telescopically received through the tube and fixed to an end sleeve located on a proximal end of the actuation handle so that compression of the actuation handle causes compression of the forceps.
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A surgical device, comprising:
- a) a tip made from a light transmissive material;
- b) a pic formed on the tip from the light transmissive material;
- and
- c) a fiberoptic mechanically connected to the tip.
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A surgical device, comprising:
- a) a tip made from a light transmissive material;
- b) jaws formed on the tip from the light transmissive material;
- and
- c) a fiberoptic mechanically connected to the tip.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.