WO2008045397A3 - Waveguide handpiece - Google Patents

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WO2008045397A3
WO2008045397A3 PCT/US2007/021509 US2007021509W WO2008045397A3 WO 2008045397 A3 WO2008045397 A3 WO 2008045397A3 US 2007021509 W US2007021509 W US 2007021509W WO 2008045397 A3 WO2008045397 A3 WO 2008045397A3
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waveguide
handpiece
methods
utilizing
endoprobe
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Fritz A Brauer
William Wai-Chung Chow
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Clinicon Corp
Fritz A Brauer
William Wai-Chung Chow
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Publication of WO2008045397A2 publication Critical patent/WO2008045397A2/en
Publication of WO2008045397A3 publication Critical patent/WO2008045397A3/en

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B1/00—Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor
    • A61B1/00064—Constructional details of the endoscope body
    • A61B1/00105—Constructional details of the endoscope body characterised by modular construction
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B1/00—Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor
    • A61B1/00163—Optical arrangements
    • A61B1/00165—Optical arrangements with light-conductive means, e.g. fibre optics
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/10—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type

Abstract

A waveguide handpiece, a system utilizing a waveguide handpiece and methods utilizing the same. The waveguide handpiece has an at least partially hollow elongated tubular member capable of receiving a terminal fiber optic endoprobe such as a hollow waveguide. The waveguide handpiece is capable of use with an apparatus that propagates electromagnetic radiation from a radiation source. The entire waveguide handpiece is suitable for autoclaving, as well as other methods of sterilization, and reuse.
PCT/US2007/021509 2006-10-06 2007-10-09 Waveguide handpiece WO2008045397A2 (en)

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US84977006P 2006-10-06 2006-10-06
US60/849,770 2006-10-06

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WO2008045397A3 true WO2008045397A3 (en) 2008-07-31

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EP2296756A1 (en) 2008-06-04 2011-03-23 Neovista, Inc. Handheld radiation delivery system for advancing a radiation source wire

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US6208788B1 (en) * 1998-07-29 2001-03-27 Ultradent Products, Inc. Apparatus and methods for concentrating light through fiber optic funnels coupled to dental light guides
US6438289B1 (en) * 1999-04-21 2002-08-20 Yazaki Corporation Light emitting and receiving device
US6661954B2 (en) * 2001-02-07 2003-12-09 Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. Optical transmission line including a connected part of optical fibers and connecting method
US6705765B2 (en) * 2002-05-20 2004-03-16 Fitel Usa Corp. Polarization maintaining optical fiber connector plug
US20040063221A1 (en) * 1997-10-16 2004-04-01 Millstein Larry S. Method for producing arrays and devices relating thereto

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US20040063221A1 (en) * 1997-10-16 2004-04-01 Millstein Larry S. Method for producing arrays and devices relating thereto
US6208788B1 (en) * 1998-07-29 2001-03-27 Ultradent Products, Inc. Apparatus and methods for concentrating light through fiber optic funnels coupled to dental light guides
US6438289B1 (en) * 1999-04-21 2002-08-20 Yazaki Corporation Light emitting and receiving device
US6661954B2 (en) * 2001-02-07 2003-12-09 Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. Optical transmission line including a connected part of optical fibers and connecting method
US6705765B2 (en) * 2002-05-20 2004-03-16 Fitel Usa Corp. Polarization maintaining optical fiber connector plug

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