EP 1221920 A1 20020717 - SURGICAL PNEUMATIC CUTTER
Title (en)
SURGICAL PNEUMATIC CUTTER
Title (de)
CHIRURGISCHES, PNEUMATISCHES SCHNEIDGERÄT
Title (fr)
SCALPEL PNEUMATIQUE
Publication
Application
Priority
- NL 0000766 W 20001020
- NL 1013376 A 19991022
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO0130281A1] A surgical pneumatic cutting device, in particular for cutting eye tissue, comprises a cutting tool and a pneumatic drive for inducing a cutting movement at a variable cutting frequency. The device further comprises a compressed air supply and a compressed air pulse frequency control. According to the invention control means are provided to reduce the compressed air pulse energy with increasing pulse frequency. The control means may comprise pulse width modulation means.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A61F 9/007 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
A61F 9/00763 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0019 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00194 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00544 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 0130281A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 0130281 A1 20010503; AU 1559401 A 20010508; EP 1221920 A1 20020717; NL 1013376 C2 20010424
DOCDB simple family (application)
NL 0000766 W 20001020; AU 1559401 A 20001020; EP 00978102 A 20001020; NL 1013376 A 19991022