Title:
SURGICAL KNIFE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPS59218146
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
A surgical knife includes a handle supporting a diamond blade. An Nd/YAG laser is optically coupled by a bundle of optical fibres to the blade. The arrangement enables the blade to cauterize tissue being incised by the knife. The selection of the material of the blade and the laser provides a laser knife of extended useful life. The heating of the diamond blade by the laser provides the blade with an unexpectedly increased cutting and cauterizing performance.
Inventors:
UIRIAMU JIYON HOSUKIN
Application Number:
JP9477284A
Publication Date:
December 08, 1984
Filing Date:
May 14, 1984
Export Citation:
Assignee:
EICHI PII W LTD
International Classes:
A61B17/3211; A61B18/04; A61B18/20; A61B18/22; (IPC1-7): A61B17/32; A61B17/38
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Wakabayashi Tadashi
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