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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2007
Applicant:
Paul Rockley, Corona Del Mar, CA (US);
Inventor:
Paul Rockley, Corona Del Mar, CA (US);
Assignee:
Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc., Santa Ana, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant 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 1/0058 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8206 (2013.01); A61M 2210/0612 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention is generally directed to systems and methods for ophthalmic surgery, and more particularly to systems and methods for phacoemulsification using vacuum-based aspiration pumps. In accordance with one embodiment, a vacuum-based phacoemulsification system, having a handpiece, includes a subsystem to detect an occlusion occurring at the handpiece during operation.