GB1284612A - Articulated laser beam guide tube - Google Patents

Articulated laser beam guide tube

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Publication number
GB1284612A
GB1284612A GB46731/69A GB4673169A GB1284612A GB 1284612 A GB1284612 A GB 1284612A GB 46731/69 A GB46731/69 A GB 46731/69A GB 4673169 A GB4673169 A GB 4673169A GB 1284612 A GB1284612 A GB 1284612A
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Prior art keywords
tube
laser beam
guide tube
sept
rotated
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Expired
Application number
GB46731/69A
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Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd
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Priority claimed from JP44060679A external-priority patent/JPS4811513B1/ja
Application filed by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd filed Critical Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd
Publication of GB1284612A publication Critical patent/GB1284612A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K26/00—Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring
    • B23K26/08—Devices involving relative movement between laser beam and workpiece
    • B23K26/10—Devices involving relative movement between laser beam and workpiece using a fixed support, i.e. involving moving the laser beam
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B18/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
    • A61B18/18—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by applying electromagnetic radiation, e.g. microwaves
    • A61B18/20—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by applying electromagnetic radiation, e.g. microwaves using laser
    • A61B18/201—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by applying electromagnetic radiation, e.g. microwaves using laser with beam delivery through a hollow tube, e.g. forming an articulated arm ; Hand-pieces therefor
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B7/00—Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements
    • G02B7/20—Light-tight connections for movable optical elements
    • G02B7/24—Pivoted connections

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Surgery (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Molecular Biology (AREA)
  • Nuclear Medicine, Radiotherapy & Molecular Imaging (AREA)
  • Otolaryngology (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Biomedical Technology (AREA)
  • Heart & Thoracic Surgery (AREA)
  • Medical Informatics (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Public Health (AREA)
  • Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
  • Radiation-Therapy Devices (AREA)
  • Laser Surgery Devices (AREA)
  • Aerials With Secondary Devices (AREA)

Abstract

1284612 Surgical knives MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO 23 Sept 1969 [27 Sept 1968 28 July 1969] 46731/69 Heading A5R [Also in Division G2] An articulated guide tube assembly 10 for a laser beam emitted from a source 11 comprises a stationary tube member 12 and a movable tube member 13 connected through a gear box 14 having a reflector mirror 19, Fig. 2c, which is rotated by an appropriate gear mechanism through an angle equal to half that through which the member 13 is rotated so that the beam is emitted axially from the tube. The apparatus may be used particularly as a surgical knife. The gear box may be arranged so that tube 13 can rotate about a single axis or orthogonal axes and the tubes themselves may be in two parts, e.g. 12a, 12b, which rotate relative to each other. Tube 13 includes a lens which focuses the beam emerging from the tube's tapered end. The apparatus may include several gear boxed joined by intermediate tubes to increase the mobility of the beam.
GB46731/69A 1968-09-27 1969-09-23 Articulated laser beam guide tube Expired GB1284612A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP7090168 1968-09-27
JP44060679A JPS4811513B1 (en) 1969-07-28 1969-07-28

Publications (1)

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GB1284612A true GB1284612A (en) 1972-08-09

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US (1) US3658406A (en)
DE (1) DE1948798B2 (en)
FR (1) FR2019074A1 (en)
GB (1) GB1284612A (en)
NL (1) NL6914715A (en)

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Cited By (1)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
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DE1948798A1 (en) 1970-04-02
FR2019074A1 (en) 1970-06-26
US3658406A (en) 1972-04-25
DE1948798B2 (en) 1972-08-24
NL6914715A (en) 1970-04-01

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PS Patent sealed [section 19, patents act 1949]
PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee