US 12,741,077 B2Granted

Method for operating an ophthalmic surgical system, and ophthalmic surgical system

AssigneeCarl Zeiss Meditec AG

InventorsSteffen Kibbel, Christoph Kuebler, Susanne Kohlhammer

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Abstract

First fluid lines for fluidically coupling a console to a medical instrument are connected to the console. The first fluid lines include a first irrigation line and a first aspiration line. Instrument-side ends of the first fluid lines are fluidically coupled to one another. A treatment fluid is conveyed through the first fluid lines from a source to a collecting container via a console-side pump. A second fluid line for the fluid is connected on the console side for fluidically coupling the console to the medical instrument or a further medical instrument. An instrument-side end of the second fluid line is fluidically coupled to at least one of the instrument-side ends of the first fluid lines. The fluid is conveyed through the second fluid line via the pump. A connection of the second fluid line is detected and the fluid is automatically applied to the second fluid line thereupon.

Claims9

Dependent claims

A method for operating an ophthalmic surgical system, the method comprising:

providing the ophthalmic surgical system, the ophthalmic system comprising:
a console,
at least one medical treatment instrument,
a treatment fluid source,
a treatment fluid,
a pumping apparatus,
a collecting container,
at least two first fluid lines comprising at least one first irrigation line and at least one first aspiration line, and
at least one second fluid line for the treatment fluid,
detecting that at least one second fluid line has been connected to a console;
and,
automatically applying a treatment fluid to the at least one second fluid line upon connection to the console,
wherein:
treatment instrument-side ends of the at least two first fluid lines are fluidically coupled to one another via a fluidic coupling, wherein the fluidic coupling is made prior to medical treatment of an eye;
the at least two first fluid lines are connected to the console, fluidically couple the console to the at least one medical treatment instrument, and are configured to have the treatment fluid conveyed therethrough from the treatment fluid source to the collecting container via the pumping apparatus;
the at least one second fluid line is configured to be connected to the console for fluidically coupling the console to the at least one medical treatment instrument or a further medical treatment instrument;
a treatment instrument-side end of the at least one second fluid line is fluidically coupled to at least one of the treatment instrument-side ends of the at least two first fluid lines;
the at least one second fluid line is configured to have the treatment fluid conveyed therethrough via the pumping apparatus;
and
said detecting that the at least one second fluid line has been connected to the console is performed during a surgical procedure.

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A method for operating an ophthalmic surgical system, the method comprising:

providing the ophthalmic surgical system, comprising:
a console,
at least one medical treatment instrument,
a treatment fluid source,
a treatment fluid,
a pumping apparatus,
a collecting container,
at least two first fluid lines comprising at least one first irrigation line and at least one first aspiration line, and
at least one second fluid line for the treatment fluid,
detecting that the at least two first fluid lines and the at least one second fluid line have been connected to the console;
and,
automatically applying the treatment fluid to the at least two first fluid lines and the at least one second fluid line upon said detecting that the at least two first fluid lines and the at least one second fluid line have been connected to the console,
wherein:
treatment instrument-side ends of the at least two first fluid lines are fluidically coupled to one another via a fluidic coupling, wherein the fluidic coupling is made prior to medical treatment of an eye;
the at least two first fluid lines are connected to the console, fluidically couple the console to the at least one medical treatment instrument, and are configured to have the treatment fluid conveyed therethrough from the treatment fluid source to the collecting container via the pumping apparatus;
the at least one second fluid line is configured to be connected to the console for fluidically coupling the console to the at least one medical treatment instrument or a further medical treatment instrument;
a treatment instrument-side end of the at least one second fluid line is fluidically coupled to at least one of the treatment instrument-side ends of the at least two first fluid lines;
the at least one second fluid line is configured to have the treatment fluid conveyed therethrough via the pumping apparatus;
and
said detecting that the at least one second fluid line has been connected to the console is performed during a surgical procedure.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/612,838Filed 21 Mar 2024 · continuation
Priority: DE 10 2021 124 405.621 Sep 2021
Published: US 2024/0226410 A111 Jul 2024
Granted: 22 Sep 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

A61F 9/00736
Methods or devices for eye surgery: instruments for removal of intra-ocular material or intra-ocular injection, e.g. cataract instruments
A61M 1/77
Suction drainage systems: suction-irrigation systems
A61M 2205/14
General characteristics of the apparatus: detection of the presence or absence of a tube, a connector or a container in an apparatus
A61M 2210/0612
Head: eyes