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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2023
Filed:
May. 15, 2020
Carl Zeiss Meditec Cataract Technology Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Brett Carter, Reno, NV (US);
Scott Chamness, Reno, NV (US);
Luke W. Clauson, Reno, NV (US);
Michael Schaller, Reno, NV (US);
Carl Zeiss Meditec Cataract Technology Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A device for performing an ophthalmic procedure in an eye including a hand-held portion; an elongate member extending from a distal end region of the hand-held portion; and an aspiration pump within the hand-held portion. The elongate member includes a lumen and an opening near a distal end region of the elongate member. The aspiration pump is in fluid communication with the opening of the elongate member. The aspiration pump includes a camshaft extending along a longitudinal axis and having a plurality of lobed cams; tubing extending parallel to the longitudinal axis; and a plurality of cam followers driven by the cams of the camshaft to move in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis to sequentially compress the tubing. Related devices, systems, methods are provided.