TORSIONAL ULTRASOUND GENERATOR FOR ORTHOPAEDIC PROCEDURES
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Apparatus for generating torsional-mode ultrasonic vibrations, for example in a surgical tool, comprises an ultrasonic transducer that would conventionally produce longitudinal-mode ultrasonic vibrations, with a long, hollow, cylindrical, mode converter mounted coaxially to its distal end. A plurality of holes are formed through the walls of the mode converters. These holes are arranged in multiple parallel helical rows, extending along and around the cylindrical mode converters. Holes within the same row are spaced relatively closely, compared with the spacing between rows. Relationships have been established between the hole diameter (d), the spacing between rows (W), the spacing between holes in the same row (l), the spacing between individual holes in adjacent rows (L), and the overall diameter of the mode converter (D). In a preferred version, the holes through the walls of the second mode converter are tapered inwardly, rather than being cylindrical holes as in the first mode converter.
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