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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2013
Applicant:
Novartis Ag, Basel, CH;
Inventors:
Brian William McDonell, Irvine, CA (US);
Venkatesh Vasudevan, Beachwood, OH (US);
Assignee:
Novartis AG, Basel, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61F 9/007 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/00763 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vitrectomy surgical system includes a vitrectomy probe having a cutting portion comprising an inner tube, an outer tube, and an aspiration port. The inner tube may be movable relative to the outer tube to cut vitreous fibers. The system also includes a controller associated with the vitrectomy probe and configured to control movement of the inner tube by generating control signals corresponding to a cutting scheme including a plurality of series of cuts with each cut being evenly spaced in time, the plurality of series of cuts separated by a recovery period.