# US 12,004,823 B2 · Ophthalmic surgical systems with graphical user interfaces based upon setup conditions

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- Number: US 12,004,823 B2
- Document ID: US12004823B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/170,009
- Filed: 2021-02-08
- Published: 2021-08-12
- Granted: 2024-06-11
- Earliest claimed: 2020-02-12
- Assignees: Alcon Inc.
- Applicants: Alcon Inc.
- Inventors: Kyle Carbone; Cory Costantino; Sean Christopher Madden; Prateet Verma
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12004823B2

## CPC

- A61B 34/25: {User interfaces for surgical systems}
- A61F 9/00736: {Instruments for removal of intra-ocular material or intra-ocular injection, e.g. cataract instruments (A61F9/008 takes precedence)}
- A61F 9/007: Methods or devices for eye surgery
- A61B 2034/254: {being adapted depending on the stage of the surgical procedure}
- A61B 2090/372: {Details of monitor hardware}
- A61B 2217/005: with suction drainage system
- A61F 9/008: using laser
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)
- A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C)

## Abstract

Ophthalmic surgical systems and methods for displaying graphical user interfaces in ophthalmic surgical systems are disclosed. An example ophthalmic surgical system has alternative setup conditions, and a host computer is configured to detect the setup condition and to display on a display screen a graphical user interface corresponding to the detected setup condition. The alternative setup conditions may be based upon a configuration of an ophthalmic surgical console and/or based upon which type of fluidics cassette is installed on the ophthalmic surgical console. In some embodiments, the host computer is configured to display on the display screen a graphical user interface that graphically indicates the instrument ports that are available and/or that are not available for instrument connections in the detected setup condition.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An ophthalmic surgical system, the ophthalmic surgical system comprising:
an ophthalmic surgical console comprising a host computer;
a display screen; and
a plurality of instruments configured to be connected to the ophthalmic surgical console;
wherein the ophthalmic surgical system has a plurality of alternative setup conditions;
wherein the host computer is configured to detect a setup condition of the ophthalmic surgical system from the plurality of alternative setup conditions of the ophthalmic surgical system based upon at least one of a configuration of the ophthalmic surgical system or a type of fluidics cassette installed on the ophthalmic surgical console;
wherein the configuration is determined based on one or more functional modules coupled with the ophthalmic surgical console;
wherein the alternative setup conditions of the ophthalmic surgical system include:
an anterior-only condition;
a posterior-only condition; and
a combined function condition; and
wherein the host computer is configured to display on the display screen a graphical user interface corresponding to the detected setup condition,
wherein the graphical user interface indicates one or more available instrument ports for a surgical procedure based on the detected setup condition determined from the at least one of the configuration determined based on the one or more functional modules coupled with the surgical console or the type of fluidics cassette installed on the ophthalmic surgical console, the one or more available instrument ports comprising all or some of a plurality of instrument ports on the ophthalmic surgical console.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

An ophthalmic surgical system as in claim 1, wherein the ophthalmic surgical console is capable of being configured as an anterior-only machine or as a combined function machine, and wherein the alternative setup conditions of the ophthalmic surgical system include the anterior-only condition when the ophthalmic surgical console is configured as the anterior-only machine and the combined function condition when the ophthalmic surgical console is configured as the combined function machine.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

An ophthalmic surgical system as in claim 1, wherein the ophthalmic surgical system is modular and configured to accommodate different functional modules based on a desired setup condition.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

An ophthalmic surgical system as in claim 3, wherein the modular ophthalmic surgical system can accommodate the different functional modules to support at least one of the plurality of alternative setup conditions of the ophthalmic surgical console, wherein each of the plurality of alternative setup conditions is suitable to perform a different surgical procedure.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

An ophthalmic surgical system as in claim 1, wherein the type of fluidics cassette includes two or more of the following: an anterior-only cassette, a posterior-only cassette, and a combined function cassette.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

An ophthalmic surgical system as in claim 1, wherein the alternative setup conditions of the ophthalmic surgical system include two or more of the following conditions: the anterior-only condition when an anterior-only cassette is installed on the ophthalmic surgical console, the posterior-only condition when a posterior-only cassette is installed on the ophthalmic surgical console, and the combined function condition when a combined function cassette is installed on the ophthalmic surgical console.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

An ophthalmic surgical system as in claim 1, wherein the host computer is configured to display on the display screen a graphical user interface that graphically indicates one or more incorrect instrument ports for the surgical procedure that are not available for instrument connections in the detected setup condition of the ophthalmic surgical system.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

An ophthalmic surgical system as in claim 1, wherein the host computer is configured to display on the display screen a graphical user interface that graphically indicates the instrument ports to which instruments are connected.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

An ophthalmic surgical system as in claim 1, wherein the display screen is part of the ophthalmic surgical console.

### Claim 10

An ophthalmic surgical system, the ophthalmic surgical system comprising:
an ophthalmic surgical console comprising a host computer, wherein the ophthalmic surgical console is capable of being configured at least as an anterior-only machine or as a combined function machine;
a display screen; and
a plurality of fluidics cassettes that are configured to be installed on the ophthalmic surgical console, wherein the ophthalmic surgical console is configured to have installed on it one fluidics cassette at a time;
wherein the ophthalmic surgical system has a plurality of alternative setup conditions based upon whether the ophthalmic surgical console is configured as the anterior-only machine or as the combined function machine and based upon which cassette of the plurality of fluidics cassettes is installed on the ophthalmic surgical console;
wherein the host computer is configured to detect a setup condition of the ophthalmic surgical system from the plurality of alternative setup conditions of the ophthalmic surgical system based upon at least one of a configuration of the ophthalmic surgical system or a type of fluidics cassette installed on the ophthalmic surgical console;
wherein the configuration is determined based on one or more functional modules coupled with the ophthalmic surgical console;
wherein the alternative setup conditions of the ophthalmic surgical system include:
an anterior-only condition;
a posterior-only condition; and
a combined function condition; and
wherein the host computer is configured to display on the display screen a graphical user interface corresponding to the detected setup condition,
wherein the graphical user interface indicates one or more available instrument ports for a surgical procedure based on the detected setup condition determined from the at least one of the configuration determined based on the one or more functional modules coupled with the surgical console or the type of fluidics cassette installed on the ophthalmic surgical console, the one or more available instrument ports comprising all or some of a plurality of instrument ports on the ophthalmic surgical console.

### Claim 11

A method of displaying a graphical user interface in an ophthalmic surgical system, the method comprising:
detecting a setup condition of the ophthalmic surgical system from a plurality of alternative setup conditions of the ophthalmic surgical system based upon at least one of a configuration of the ophthalmic surgical system or a type of fluidics cassette installed on an ophthalmic surgical console;
wherein the configuration is determined based on one or more functional modules coupled with the ophthalmic surgical console;
wherein the alternative setup conditions of the ophthalmic surgical system include:
an anterior-only condition;
a posterior-only condition; and
a combined function condition; and
displaying on a display screen a graphical user interface corresponding to the detected setup condition,
wherein the graphical user interface indicates one or more available instrument ports for a surgical procedure based on the detected setup condition determined from the at least one of the configuration determined based on the one or more functional modules coupled with the surgical console or the type of fluidics cassette installed on the ophthalmic surgical console, the one or more available instrument ports comprising all or some of a plurality of instrument ports on the ophthalmic surgical console.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

A method of displaying a graphical user interface in an ophthalmic surgical system as in claim 11, wherein the ophthalmic surgical system comprises the ophthalmic surgical console, wherein the ophthalmic surgical console is capable of being configured at least as an anterior-only machine or as a combined function machine, and wherein the alternative setup conditions of the ophthalmic surgical system include the anterior-only condition when the ophthalmic surgical console is configured as the anterior-only machine and the combined function condition when the ophthalmic surgical console is configured as the combined function machine.

### Claim 13 (depends on 11)

A method of displaying a graphical user interface in an ophthalmic surgical system as in claim 11, wherein the method further comprises:
prior to the step of detecting the setup condition of the ophthalmic surgical system, installing a fluidics cassette on the ophthalmic surgical console of the ophthalmic surgical system; and
wherein the step of detecting the setup condition of the ophthalmic surgical system comprises detecting the setup condition of the ophthalmic surgical system based upon which cassette of a plurality of fluidics cassettes is installed on the ophthalmic surgical console.

### Claim 14 (depends on 11)

A method of displaying a graphical user interface in an ophthalmic surgical system as in claim 11, wherein the step of displaying on the display screen the graphical user interface corresponding to the detected setup condition comprises graphically indicating correct instrument ports that are available for instrument connections in the detected setup condition of the ophthalmic surgical system.

### Claim 15 (depends on 11)

A method of displaying a graphical user interface in an ophthalmic surgical system as in claim 11, wherein the step of displaying on the display screen the graphical user interface corresponding to the detected setup condition comprises graphically indicating one or more incorrect instrument ports for the surgical procedure that are not available for instrument connections in the detected setup condition of the ophthalmic surgical system.

### Claim 16 (depends on 11)

A method of displaying a graphical user interface in an ophthalmic surgical system as in claim 11, wherein the step of displaying on the display screen the graphical user interface corresponding to the detected setup condition comprises graphically indicating instrument ports to which instruments are connected.
