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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2019
Applicant:
Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc., Santa Ana, CA (US);
Inventor:
Mitchell W. Mallough, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc., Santa Ana, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61F 9/007 (2006.01); G05G 5/03 (2008.04); A61M 3/02 (2006.01); G05G 1/50 (2008.04); H01H 3/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); G05G 1/30 (2008.04); G05G 1/44 (2008.04);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/0084 (2013.01); A61F 9/007 (2013.01); A61F 9/00745 (2013.01); A61M 1/0064 (2013.01); A61M 1/0076 (2013.01); A61M 3/0233 (2013.01); G05G 1/506 (2013.01); G05G 5/03 (2013.01); H01H 3/14 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00119 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00973 (2013.01); A61M 2205/18 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3331 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3576 (2013.01); A61M 2205/50 (2013.01); G05G 1/305 (2013.01); G05G 1/44 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system, method and apparatus for notifying a surgeon of an occlusion in an ocular surgical apparatus are disclosed herein. Through operation of a handpiece of the surgical apparatus, the handpiece may become blocked or occluded. An occlusion detector is configured to sense the occlusion in the handpiece, and an occlusion signal is generated. A control module is provided to send an occlusion warning signal to a foot pedal of the surgical apparatus, where a tactile notification is provided to a user of the apparatus that an occlusion has occurred.