Claims
- 1. A surgical handpiece with a surgical blade that vibrates at ultrasonic frequencies for cutting and coagulating animal tissue, the surgical handpiece and surgical blade comprising:
a long axis passing through the surgical handpiece and surgical blade; a most distal portion of the surgical blade that is disposed away from the surgical handpiece for contacting tissue of a patient; and the most distal portion of the surgical blade having a vibratory motion that is substantially perpendicular to the long axis.
Parent Case Info
[0001] This application claims the benefit of provisional patent application Ser. No. 60/179,951 filed Feb. 3, 2000.