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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2015
Applicant:
Alcon Research, Ltd., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
Mikhail Boukhny, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Raphael Gordon, Ladera Ranch, CA (US);
Michael D. Morgan, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Gary P. Sorensen, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Assignee:
Alcon Research, Ltd., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61F 9/007 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/00745 (2013.01); A61M 1/0025 (2014.02); A61M 1/0031 (2013.01); A61M 1/0058 (2013.01); A61B 2217/005 (2013.01); A61B 2217/007 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3331 (2013.01); A61M 2210/0612 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical system comprises a pressurized irrigation fluid source; an aspiration pressure sensor associated with an aspiration line; and a controller for controlling the pressurized irrigation fluid source. The controller controls the pressurized irrigation fluid source based on a reading from the aspiration pressure sensor and an estimated flow value modified by a compensation factor.