Timothy E. Moutafis,Donald C. Freeman, Jr.,Edward J. Bromander
申请号：
US12207282
公开号：
US08529498B2
申请日:
2008.09.09
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
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.
