Systems and methods for ocular surgery
AssigneeAlcon Research, Ltd.
InventorGlenn Robert Sussman
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Abstract
Ocular surgery may be performed by a variety of systems, processes, and techniques. In certain implementations, systems and processes for ocular surgery may include the ability to emulsify a lens in an eye using a modular hand-held system including a phacoemulsification unit detachably coupled to a pump unit and remove lens portions from the eye using suction provided by the pump unit. The system and the process may also include the ability to decouple the phacoemulsification unit from the pump unit, couple an irrigation-aspiration unit to the pump unit to form a second hand-held system, and remove material from the eye using suction provided by the pump unit.
Claims8
A modular hand-held system for ocular surgery, the system comprising:
- a hand-held phacoemulsification unit;
- a hand-held pump unit, the pump unit adapted to provide suction for aspirating material through the phacoemulsification unit, the pump unit comprising an adapter configured to detachably couple the phacoemulsification unit to the pump unit to form an integrated hand-held system.
A method for ocular surgery, the method comprising:
- emulsifying a lens in an eye using a modular hand-held system comprising a phacoemulsification unit detachably coupled to a pump unit;
- removing lens portions from the eye using suction provided by the pump unit;
- decoupling the phacoemulsification unit from the pump unit;
- coupling an irrigation-aspiration unit to the pump unit to form a second hand-held system;
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- removing material from the eye using suction provided by the pump unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.