公开(公告)号：US20090076440A1

公开(公告)日：2009-03-19

申请号：US12207282

申请日：2008-09-09

申请人： Timothy E. Moutafis ,  Donald C. Freeman, JR. ,  Edward Bromander

发明人： Timothy E. Moutafis ,  Donald C. Freeman, JR. ,  Edward Bromander

IPC分类号： A61M1/00

CPC分类号： A61B17/3203

摘要： Certain embodiments of the surgical instruments provided according to the invention utilize a channel positioned adjacent to and downstream of a liquid jet-forming nozzle such that at least a portion of the liquid jet passes at least one of within the channel and adjacent to and along the length of at least a portion of a longitudinally-oriented opening in the channel, when the instrument is in operation. The use of such channels in certain embodiments of the inventive surgical instruments can enable the instruments to provide enhanced control over the depth and degree of cutting and/or ablation of tissue; and/or can provide improved and enhanced functionality for cleaning, debriding, and/or trimming and cutting a tissue/surface; and/or can provide longer effective liquid jet beam cutting/ablation lengths by reducing the degree of dispersion of the jet along its length.

摘要翻译： 根据本发明提供的外科器械的某些实施例利用位于液体射流形成喷嘴附近和下游的通道，使得液体射流的至少一部分通过通道内并且沿着 当仪器运行时，通道中的纵向定向开口的至少一部分的长度。 在本发明的外科器械的某些实施例中使用这种通道可使得器械能够提供对组织的切割和/或消融的深度和程度的增强的控制; 和/或可以提供用于清洁，清除和/或修剪和切割组织/表面的改进和增强的功能; 和/或可以通过减小射流沿其长度的分散程度来提供更长的有效的液体喷射束切割/消融长度。