System, Apparatus and Method for Maintaining Anterior Chamber Intraoperative Intraocular Pressure

A system for calibrating patient eye level and wound leakage during phacoemulsification surgery, the system comprising:

• a surgical console, having at least one system bus communicatively connected to at least one computing processor capable of accessing at least one computing memory associated with the at least one computing processor;
• a surgical handpiece having a distal end and a proximal end, the proximal end being communicatively connected to at least one irrigation line and at least one aspiration line;
• a first sensor in communication with the at least one aspiration line or the at least one irrigation line for providing a first measurement value;
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• a second sensor in communication with the at least one aspiration line and located proximate to the surgical console for providing a second measurement value;
• wherein at least one characteristic of the wound leakage calibration is changed in accordance with the difference between the first measurement value and the second measurement.

A system for detecting occlusion or post occlusion surge, the system comprising:

• a surgical console, having at least one system bus communicatively connected to at least one computing processor capable of accessing at least one computing memory associated with the at least one computing processor;
• a surgical handpiece having a distal end and a proximal end, the proximal end being communicatively connected to at least one irrigation line and at least one aspiration line;
• a first sensor in communication with the at least one aspiration line and located proximate to the surgical handpiece for providing a first measurement value;
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• a second sensor in communication with the at least one aspiration line and located proximate to the surgical console for providing a second measurement value;
• wherein at least one characteristic of an irrigation fluid and/or an aspiration fluid in the at least one irrigation line and/or at least one aspiration line is changed in accordance with the difference between the first measurement value of the first sensor and the second measurement value of the second sensor compared to a predetermined occlusion value or predetermined range of occlusion values.

A system for determining balanced salt solution (BSS) usage, the system comprising:

• a surgical console, having at least one system bus communicatively connected to at least one computing processor capable of accessing at least one computing memory associated with the at least one computing processor;
• a surgical handpiece having at a distal end and a proximal end, the proximal end being communicatively connected to at least one irrigation line and at least one aspiration line;
• a fluidics pack comprising a pressurized infusion tank;
• a BSS container;
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• a pump capable of transferring fluid from the BSS container to the pressurized infusion tank;
• wherein the console tracks a starting and ending encoder count to determine an amount of fluid transferred from the BSS container to the pressurized infusion tank.

A system for detecting a fluid line abnormality, the system comprising:

• a surgical console, having at least one system bus communicatively connected to at least one computing processor capable of accessing at least one computing memory associated with the at least one computing processor;
• a surgical handpiece having a distal end and a proximal end, the proximal end being communicatively connected to at least one fluid line;
• a first sensor in communication with the at least one fluid line and located proximate to the surgical handpiece for providing a first measurement value;
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• a second sensor in communication with the at least one fluid line and located proximate to the surgical console for providing a second measurement value;
• wherein the line abnormality is detected based on the difference between the first measurement value and the second measurement value when compared to a predetermined threshold;
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• wherein the detected abnormality causes a change of at least one characteristic of a fluid in the at least one fluid line.

A system for determining balanced salt solution (BSS) remaining in a container, the system comprising:

• a surgical console, having at least one system bus communicatively connected to at least one computing processor capable of accessing at least one computing memory associated with the at least one computing processor;
• a surgical handpiece having at a distal end and a proximal end, the proximal end being communicatively connected to at least one irrigation line and at least one aspiration line;
• a fluidics pack comprising a pressurized infusion tank;
• a BSS container;
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• a pump capable of transferring fluid from the BSS container to the pressurized infusion tank;
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• a graphical user interface capable of receiving input from a user on a starting volume of BSS in the BSS container;
• wherein the console tracks a starting and ending encoder count to determine an amount of fluid transferred from the BSS container to the pressurized infusion tank.