Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.

Deep Mehta

Jack Robert Auld

John Christopher Huculak

Matthew Braden Flowers

Edith W Fung

Nader Nazarifar

Dung T Ma

Lauren M Hickey

Timothy L Hunter

Abraham Hajishah

John C Dunne, Jr

Hien Nguyen

Ziad R Ghannoum

Sandra H Keh

Justin Lin

Marcus Souza

Hou Man Chong

Chetan Nirkhe

A system for managing phacoemulsification surgery having a cassette with at least one pressure sensor and at least one fluid channel, wherein the at least one pressure sensor is fluidly coupled with the at least one fluid channel. The surgical console also having a controller and a cassette receiving area, for engaging with the cassette, wherein the controller is configured to compare at least one pressure measurement from the at least one pressure sensor to at least one predetermined value indicative of an identifiable cassette type.

Systems and methods for identifying cassette type in a surgical system

A pneumatic cross-connect proportional valve provides the capability to calibrate pressure and vacuum sensors in a surgical cassette associated with a surgical console. Calibration of non-invasive pressure and vacuum sensors in a cassette by utilizing a proportional cross-connect to pressurize the lines with set pressure or vacuum the lines with set vacuum and measure the response of respective sensors in the cassette. The use of proportional pressure may be used along with other clearing methods to clear material clogging the aspiration channel pathways and tubing of the surgical system. Utilize the cross-connect functionality to more rapidly pressurize the aspiration line upon detection or prediction of a post occlusion surge, thereby reducing the pressure difference between the surgical field, the eye chamber, and aspiration line which may prevent, for example, a surge of fluid out of the anterior chamber of the eye.

Systems and methods for proportional pressure and vacuum control in surgical system

A pressure and vacuum pump including at least two diaphragm pump heads for providing vacuum and pressure simultaneously. The dual function pump reduces number of required pumps, is traditionally quieter, and enables the system to run at a lower duty cycle. A drive in the pump housing causes a connecting rod to oscillate a diaphragm to move up and down thereby causing air to be either drawn into an inlet or forced out via an exhaust.

System level fluidics and controls

A surgical system for the treatment of ocular problems including a surgical cassette, a surgical console operatively coupled to the surgical cassette and further including a processor, a vacuum source positioned in-line with a vacuum regulator and a mass air flow controller, and a tank fluidly connected to the mass air flow controller, wherein the processor is configured to calculate an air flow set point in accordance with a received at least one user-defined fluid flow rate set point; and wherein the mass air flow controller modulates air flow from the tank to the vacuum source in accordance with the received the air flow set point to meet a user-defined fluid flow rate.

Systems and methods for mass air flow control in vacuum based aspiration in surgical system

The present invention provides a system for managing occlusions during phacoemulsification surgery. More specifically, the present invention provides a user of a surgical console an alert when a partial or full occlusion of a surgical tool causes the vacuum pressure to become greater than a predetermined pressure threshold setting and automatically reduces the vacuum pressure when the predetermined pressure threshold setting is exceeded.

Advanced occlusion management methods for a phacoemulsification system

A surgical cassette/pack usage tracker for tracking a number of uses for a cassette/pack to prohibit uses from exceeding a maximum amount. A usage tracker system engages with or scans a portion of the cassette/pack to determine the number of uses. In illustrative embodiments, an implement interacts with a film in the cassette after each use and determines remaining uses for the cassette/pack. In other embodiments, an implement interacts with a rotatable wheel that rotates with each use, the implement configured to permit the tracker to identify the number uses and determine remaining uses for the cassette/pack. When a maximum usage amount is reached, the tracker system may issue a warning, eject or reject the cassette/pack and/or disable the surgical device from further use.

Phacoemulsification surgical multi-use pack usage tracker system

Variables of a surgical system are detected or received via one or more sensors to predict an intraocular pressure (IOP) and/or determine an IOP in real time during a surgical procedure. A notification to a surgeon or a target IOP is set and maintained as determined by Static IOP, dynamic IOP, and/or a total IOP combining both static and dynamic IOP of the anterior chamber of a patient's eye. Information collected about various components of the system are displayed on a user interface. The system uses the collected information to calculate the static IOP and/or dynamic IOP of the system, and the total IOP may be function of the static IOP and/or dynamic IOP measurements.

Systems and methods for measuring fluid flow in a venturi based system

System and method to augment irrigation pressure and to maintain IOP during post occlusion surge

A method for maintaining anterior chamber intraoperative intraocular pressure (IOP) is provided by receiving and/or detecting variables of a surgical system and utilizing those variables to monitor intraoperative IOP. Determining an IOP in real time during a surgical procedure either provides a notification to an eye surgeon or allows a target IOP of the anterior chamber of a patient's eye to be set and maintained.

System, apparatus and method for monitoring anterior chamber intraoperative intraocular pressure

Systems, methods, and computer readable storage medium for providing a genericized medical device architecture common to a plurality of medical devices are disclosed. The architecture may comprise at least one diagnostics module associated with at least one of the plurality of medical devices, wherein the at least one diagnostics module is configured to monitor an operational status of the at least one medical device. At least one hardware abstraction layer may be associated with at least one of the plurality of medical devices, and may be configured to provide abstracted access to hardware of the at least one medical device.

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Irvine, CA, United States of America

Deep Mehta