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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2014
Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc., Santa Ana, CA (US);
Kyle Lynn, Tustin, CA (US);
Tuan Tran, Garden Grove, CA (US);
Christopher J. Page, Cambridge, MA (US);
Allan Lee Cameron, Natick, MA (US);
Andrew J. Boyce, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Philip Walker, Concord, MA (US);
Kelvin Kao, Long Beach, CA (US);
Kenneth E. Kadziauskas, Coto de Caza, CA (US);
Regan A. Pierce, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Fred Lee, Irvine, CA (US);
Teresita Smith, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Tapan Patel, Chino Hills, CA (US);
Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc., Santa Ana, CA (US);
Abstract
A phacoemulsification system and method, and a surgical foot pedal device, system and method. The present invention may include a console comprising a plurality of modes for at least one physically associated surgical instrument, and a foot pedal communicatively associated with said console and suitable for varying ones of the plurality of modes. The foot pedal may include a housing comprising the communicative association, and comprising at least one potentiometer and at least two top switches for the varying of the ones of the plurality of modes, a treadle rotatably mounted within the housing and suitable for depressing the at least one potentiometer, and at least two side switches movably associated with the treadle for the varying of the ones of the plurality of modes.