Surgical equipment
Abstract
It features a CO-sealed laser2 workstation (13) and a helium-neon display laser (12) whose beams are superimposed; a cooling circuit of the working laser comprising a heat exchanger whose secondary is traversed by a liquid circulated by a pump (24), the same pump feeding via a three-way valve (25), either said secondary circuit of the exchanger or a conduit leading to a nozzle emitting a jet of water. The beams of the lasers and the duct supplying said nozzle are united in a flexible or articulated arm (10) connected to the handpiece (11) to which is still inserted a thermographic visualization equipment of the operating field.

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| Document | Relation | Office | Category | Cited during |
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| EP0194856A2 | Cites | European Patent Office (EPO) | A | Search report |
| EP0258901A2 | Cites | European Patent Office (EPO) | A | Search report |
| US4676242A | Cites | United States of America | A | Search report |
| JPS61103690A | Cites | Japan | A | Search report |
9 members in 5 offices
Priority claims3
| Document | Office | Kind | Date |
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| 233188 | Switzerland | – | |
| 233188 | Switzerland | A | |
| CH19880002331 | – | – | – |
Members9
| Document | Office | Kind | |
|---|---|---|---|
| EP0346712A2 | European Patent Office (EPO) | A2 | |
| DE346712T1 | Germany | T1 | |
| EP0346712A3This record | European Patent Office (EPO) | A3 | |
| CH676661A5 | Switzerland | A5 | |
| US5074862A | United States of America | A | |
| EP0346712B1 | European Patent Office (EPO) | B1 | |
| AT99150T | Austria | T | |
| DE68911759D1 | Germany | D1 | |
| DE68911759T2 | Germany | T2 |
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Numbers
- Publication
- 0346712
- Publication, DOCDB
- 0346712
- Publication, EPODOC
- EP0346712
- Application
- 110110
- Application, DOCDB
- 89110110
- Application, EPODOC
- EP19890110110
Titles3
- English
- Surgical equipment
- German
- Chirurgisches Gerät
- French
- Equipement chirurgical
Classification
- CPC, 4
- A61B17/3203
- A61B18/20
- A61B18/201
- A61B18/22
- IPC, 3
- A61B17 32
- A61B18 20
- A61B18 22
Designated states7
- Contracting states, 7
- Austria
- Belgium
- Germany
- France
- United Kingdom
- Italy
- Netherlands (Kingdom of the)