Abbott Medical Optics Inc.

Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.

Michael J Claus

Wayne S Wong

David A King

Fred C Lee

James W Staggs

James B Gerg

Robert G Raney

Timothy L Hunter

Carina R Reisin

Stephen H Jang

Abraham Hajishah

Timothy Holiman Hunter

Paul W Rockley

Rob Raney

Hao V Nguyen

Mark E Steen

David G King

Kyle E Lynn

Dung T Ma

Mitchell W Mallough

Catherine P Ha

Jeremy T Links

Richard G Duff

Rennie G Allen

Joseph K Liu

Alex Urich

Dung Mar

Wendy Chao

Dung Ma

Carina Reisin

Stpehen H Jang

Joesph K Liu

Methods and apparatuses for automatically switching different aspiration levels to an ocular probe are disclosed herein. The probe may be a phacoemulsification probe. A first aspiration level, supplied by a first pump, may be applied to the probe simultaneously with ultrasonic energy. A second aspiration level, supplied by a second pump, may be automatically switched from the first aspiration level. Control feed back of the pumps may be varied according to set thresholds.

Automatically switching different aspiration levels and/or pumps to an ocular probe

Methods and systems for automatically pulsing different aspiration levels to an ocular probe are disclosed. The probe may be a phacoemulsification probe. A first aspiration level, supplied by a first pump, may be applied to the probe simultaneously with ultrasonic energy. A second aspiration level, supplied by a second pump, may be automatically switched from the first aspiration level, and applied to the probe in a pulsed manner.

Automatically pulsing different aspiration levels to an ocular probe

A medical system is provided having a system host and a control device connected to the system host. The medical system further includes a handpiece having a sleeve with a port opening configured to enable fluid to pass there through, a fluid channel connected to the port opening, and a fluid flow restrictor configured to restrict fluid flow of the fluid channel through the port opening. The control unit is configured to receive input from a user and control an amount of fluid provided by the fluid flow restrictor based on the input received from the user. In one aspect, the medical system is a phacoemulsification system, the handpiece a phacoemulsification handpiece, and the control device a footpedal.

Surgical handpiece having directional fluid control capabilities

A design for dynamically adjusting parameters applied to a surgical instrument, such as an ocular surgical instrument, is presented. The method includes detecting surgical events from image data collected by a surgical microscope focused on an ocular surgical procedure, establishing a desired response for each detected surgical event, delivering the desired response to the ocular surgical instrument as a set of software instructions, and altering the surgical procedure based on the desired response received as the set of software instructions.

Controlling a phacoemulsification system based on real-time analysis of image data

The present invention pertains to programming a foot pedal and switches located therewith that is used with a medical device and/or medical device system. A user may select any switch or directional movement available on the foot pedal for programming by activating the switch and/or moving a treadle located on the foot pedal or by selecting a foot pedal feature on a display. The programming options available for the selected switch or directional movement are displayed on the display screen. Using the foot pedal, the display screen, voice command or combinations thereof, the user can navigate through different options to select one or more options and confirm the chosen option(s) for the particular switch or directional movement. The control and feel of the movement of the treadle and/or switch provides the user with the ability to program custom settings that suit the user's foot position(s) and/or particular style of surgery.

Method for programming foot pedal settings and controlling performance through foot pedal variation

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Michael J Claus