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AssigneeVantage Surgical Systems, Inc.
InventorsJean-Pierre Hubschman, Steven Schwartz, Jason T. Wilson, Tsu-Chin Tsao, James S. Gibson
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The present disclosure is directed to improved phacoemulsification procedures involving the use of processed non-visual three-dimensional data (i.e. diagnostic scan data) to provide a surgeon with additional guidance concerning the distance separating a working end of a phacoemulsification instrument and the posterior capsule of the eye during a surgical procedure involving the removal of the crystalline lens of an eye. Such information is implemented to aid the surgeon in cutting or scoring the lens to a desired depth while minimizing the risk of penetrating the posterior portion of the capsule with the working end of the instrument. Some embodiments provide for the visual and/or auditory conveyance of distance information to the surgeon. Additional embodiments can provide for overlaying visual representations of selected structure information with the images provided to the surgeon.
A phacoemulsification procedure, comprising:
A medical procedure for penetrating, or removing target tissue, to a desired thickness from a posterior or distal boundary of the target tissue without penetrating an anterior boundary with a working end of a surgical instrument, the procedure comprising:
A diagnostic or therapeutic medical procedure involving the penetration or removal of target tissue from one or more selected target tissue locations or placement of a material at one or more selected locations relative to a posterior or distal boundary of the target tissue without penetrating the boundary with a working end of surgical instrument, the procedure comprising:
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