Patent ID: 7972326
Filing Date: 2011-07-05
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A surgical instrument that provides both illumination light and laser light to a surgical site, the surgical instrument comprising: a manually manipulatable handle; a tubular tip secured to the handle, the tip projecting from the handle to a distal end of the tip; an illumination optic fiber having a length with opposite proximal and distal ends, the illumination optic fiber extending through the handle and the tip to the illumination optic fiber distal end positioned adjacent the tip distal end, the illumination optic fiber being secured stationary relative to the tip; a laser optic fiber having a length with opposite proximal and distal ends, the laser optic fiber extending through the handle and the tip to the laser optic fiber distal end positioned adjacent the tip distal end and the illumination optic fiber distal end; a mechanism on the handle, the mechanism being operatively connected to the laser optic fiber to move the laser optic fiber through the handle and the tip between a retracted position of the laser optic fiber where the laser optic fiber distal end is positioned adjacent the tip distal end and the illumination optic fiber distal end, and an extended position of the laser optic fiber where the laser optic fiber distal end is extended from the tip distal end and the illumination optic fiber distal end; a portion of the laser optic fiber adjacent the laser optic fiber distal end having a curved configuration; and, curved sleeve is mounted on the laser optic fiber distal end portion, and the curved sleeve holds the laser optic fiber distal end portion in the curved configuration.