Systems and methods for combined femto-phaco cataract surgery
OwnerDouglas Pattoninventor
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Abstract
Devices to perform femtolaser ablation and phacoemulsification are physically and/or operationally combined. In some embodiments the femtolaser ablation and phacoemulsification are housed together, and in other embodiments they are housed separately, but operated through a common display screen. At least some software can be shared by the femtolaser ablation and phacoemulsification functionalities. A non-transitory computer-readable memory can provide data that can be used to operate each of at least one femtolaser ablation functionality and at least one phacoemulsification functionality.
Claims13
A system for removing a cataract from an eye, comprising common software and a database configured to cooperate with a common GUI control platform to provide menu procedures for both (a) a pulsed laser subsystem to cut a tissue structure of the eye with a laser beam;
- and (b) a phacoemulsification subsystem that uses a handpiece that vibrates a tip at an ultrasonic frequency to emulsify at least a portion of the cataract;
- a control panel that includes both (a) at least a portion of a first set of controls configured to operate the pulsed laser subsystem, and (b) at least a portion of a second set of controls configured to operate the phacoemulsification subsystem:
- and wherein at least a portion of the pulsed laser subsystem is housed in a common housing with at least a portion of the phacoemulsification subsystem.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.