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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2021
Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Vadim Gliner, Haifa, IL;
Alon Boumendil, Givat Nili, IL;
Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a phacoemulsification system includes a phacoemulsification probe configured to be inserted into an eye, and including a needle, a horn configured to support the needle, and an ultrasonic actuator connected to the horn and configured to vibrate the needle to emulsify a lens of the eye, an aspiration line partially disposed in the needle, a pumping sub-system connected to the aspiration line and configured to remove fluid and waste matter from the eye via the aspiration line, a valve disposed in the aspiration line and configured to control fluid connectivity in the aspiration line, a sensor configured to provide a signal indicative of a fluid metric in the aspiration line, and a controller configured to find an activation status of the ultrasonic actuator, and selectively control the valve responsively to the fluid metric and the activation status of the ultrasonic actuator.