| Synergetics, Inc. Patent applications |
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| 20080287938 | Illuminated Directional Laser Probe - An ophthalmic surgery illuminated directional laser probe has a handle and a rigid tubular tip projecting from the handle, and has an illumination optic fiber and a laser optic fiber that extend through the handle and the tip. A mechanism on the handle is operable to extend distal ends of the illumination optic fiber and the laser optic fiber from the distal end of the instrument tip, and to retract the distal ends of the illumination optic fiber and the laser optic fiber back into the interior of the tip. At least one of the distal ends of the illumination optic fiber and the laser optic fiber is held in a curved configuration. The distal ends of the illumination optic fiber and the laser optic fiber are secured to each other, whereby both the illumination optic fiber and the laser optic fiber curve into a bent configuration as the distal ends of the illumination optic fiber and the laser optic fiber are extended from the distal end of the instrument tip. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080275435 | Illuminated Laser Probe with Multiplied Area of Illumination - A microsurgical laser probe has a handle and a tubular tip that projects from the handle, and three optic fibers that extend through the handle and the tip. One of the optic fibers is a laser optic fiber that is adapted to be connected to a source of laser light at one end of the laser optic fiber, and to transmit the laser light from the opposite end of the laser optic fiber at the distal end of the instrument tip. The other two optic fibers are illumination light optic fibers. Each illumination light optic fiber has one end that is adapted to be connected to a illumination light source, and an opposite end that projects the illumination light from the distal end of the instrument tip. By providing two laser light optic fibers in the instrument, the amount of illumination directed to the surgical site being accessed by the laser optic fiber is effectively doubled. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080207992 | Microsurgical Illuminator with Adjustable Illumination - An adjustable ophthalmic surgery chandelier illuminator has a glass optic fiber with a conical exterior surface at its distal end that disburses illumination in the interior of the eye. The glass fiber is contained in a retractable needle that has a long, sharp beveled surface that facilitates insertion of the needle and the optic fiber into the eye, and then is retracted relative to the fiber distal end to adjust the field of illumination inside the eye. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080200914 | Non-Stick Bipolar Forceps - Disposable, bipolar electrosurgical forceps are designed to prevent the sticking of body tissue to the tips of the forceps and include a pair of electrode arms having lengths with opposite proximal and distal ends, with thin layers of biocompatible metal on the forceps arm distal ends and bipolar electrical conductors permanently secured to the forceps arm proximal ends. | 08-21-2008 |
