Medical instrument

US9192514B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9192514-B2
Application numberUS-201313765041-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateFeb 12, 2013
Priority dateFeb 13, 2012
Publication dateNov 24, 2015
Grant dateNov 24, 2015

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Abstract

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A medical instrument includes a handpiece, a tank portion for housing a fluid, a plunger that changes a volume or pressure of an inside of the tank portion to suction the fluid into the tank portion or discharge the fluid from the tank portion, and an operating unit for operating the plunger. The handpiece includes a grip portion at the front end, and an operation member of the operating unit is disposed on a side of the grip portion.

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What is claimed is: 1. A medical instrument comprising: a handpiece comprising an opening at a front end of the handpiece, a grip portion that forms an outer cylinder of the handpiece, and a fixing portion at a rear end of the handpiece, the opening, the outer cylinder, and the fixing portion being coaxial with each other; a syringe in the handpiece held by the fixing portion of the handpiece, the syringe comprising a front end portion that is inserted in the opening of the hand…

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What does patent US9192514B2 cover?
A medical instrument includes a handpiece, a tank portion for housing a fluid, a plunger that changes a volume or pressure of an inside of the tank portion to suction the fluid into the tank portion or discharge the fluid from the tank portion, and an operating unit for operating the plunger. The handpiece includes a grip portion at the front end, and an operation member of the operating unit i…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Nidek Kk, Riken
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification A61F9/007. Mapped technology areas include Human Necessities.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Nov 24 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).