Novartis Ag

Alcon, Inc.

Ralph E Svetic

Gary P Sorensen

Mikhail Boukhny

Michael John Yadlowsky

Raphael Gordon

Alexander N Artsyukhovich

David A Thoe

David Thoe

Michael Yadlowsky

A surgical system and cassette, the cassette having an identification method that is specific to the cassette. Suitable methods include bar coding or Radio Frequency Identification ('RFID'). Cassette information that may be encoded include features such as lot number and performance characteristics, such as pressure sensor calibration data, flow and pressure data and any other performance characteristics of the cassette captured during testing of the cassette at manufacture.

Surgical cassette

A fluid chamber having an inlet and an outlet at the top of the chamber. The inlet is arrange so that fluid entering the chamber at the inlet sweeps the top of the chamber so as to direct any air bubbles naturally collecting at the top of the chamber or which may be trapped in the entering fluid stream toward the outlet.

Fluid chamber

A system and method for generating a calibration data curve, including communicating known calibration data for a microsurgical cassette to a surgical console with which the cassette will be used.

Method for data compression and encoding

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Costa Mesa, CA, United States of America

Ralph E Svetic