Ophthalmic surgical cassettes for ophthalmic surgery
AssigneeBausch & Lomb Incorporated
InventorsJames T. Perkins, Toh Seng Goh, David Hertweck
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Abstract
An ophthalmic surgical cassette for collecting aspirant fluid and/or tissue during an ophthalmic surgical procedure. The ophthalmic surgical cassette includes a rigid walled container having an interior volume for collecting aspirant fluid and/or tissue and an aspiration manifold coupled to the rigid walled container. The aspiration manifold is connected to an aspiration tube in fluidic communication with the interior volume, a first aspiration line for coupling a first surgical handpiece, a second aspiration line for coupling a second surgical handpiece, and a reflux bulb in fluidic communication with the first and second aspiration lines.
Claims8
An ophthalmic surgical cassette for collecting aspirant fluid and/or tissue during an ophthalmic surgical procedure, the ophthalmic surgical cassette comprising:
- a rigid walled container having an interior volume for collecting aspirant fluid and/or tissue;
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- an aspiration manifold coupled to the rigid walled container, the aspiration manifold connected to an aspiration tube in fluidic communication with the interior volume, a first aspiration line for coupling a first surgical handpiece, a second aspiration line for coupling a second surgical handpiece, an irrigation tube for coupling to an irrigation source, and only a single reflux bulb connected to the aspiration manifold for providing reflux to both the first and second aspiration lines when the bulb is depressed.
An ophthalmic surgical cassette for collecting aspirant fluid and/or tissue during an ophthalmic surgical procedure, the cassette comprising:
- a rigid walled container having an interior volume for collecting aspirant fluid and/or tissue;
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- an aspiration manifold releasably coupled to the rigid walled container, the aspiration manifold connected to a reflux bulb, an irrigation tube, and at least two aspiration lines, wherein the reflux bulb is capable of inducing reflux in either or both of the at least two aspiration lines.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.