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US 2017/0304117 A1Published application
Surgical cassette
AssigneeAbbott Medical Optics Inc.
InventorsJames Gerg, Mark W. Ross
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Abstract
A surgical cassette for use with a phacoemulsification system having a front plate, a back plate, and a gasket therebetween. The front plate having molded fluid channels that mate with the gasket. The gasket having multiple valves and a sensor or diaphragm accessible through the back plate.
Claims3
1-18. (canceled)
A gasket, comprising:
- a body, wherein the body is deformable and has a front surface and a back surface,
- wherein the front surface comprises one or more raised contours that create one or more channel that are configured and dimensioned to control fluid flow through one or more corresponding channels of a surgical cassette, and
- wherein the back surface comprises one or more elevated portions that correspond to the one or more channels of the front surface and act as a valve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.