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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2016
Applicant:
Novartis Ag, Basel, CH;
Inventor:
John Morgan Bourne, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Novartis AG, Basel, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/007 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/00745 (2013.01); A61M 1/0031 (2013.01); A61M 1/0064 (2013.01); A61M 1/0066 (2013.01); A61M 2205/0216 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3344 (2013.01); A61M 2210/0612 (2013.01);
Abstract
A phacoemulsification system that includes a hand-graspable body and a phacoemulsification needle extending from a distal portion of the body is disclosed herein. The phacoemulsification system may also include an impeller pump carried by the hand-graspable body and configured to convey an aspiration fluid from a surgical site. The impeller pump may include an aspiration motor and a flexible impeller coupled to and rotatably driven by the aspiration motor. The flexible impeller may be arranged to aspirate fluid and emulsified lens tissue from the surgical site.