US 9,545,335 B2Granted

Graphical user interface for phacoemulsification surgical system

AssigneeNovartis AG

InventorsMikhail Boukhny, David A. Thoe

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Abstract

A graphical user interface for use in phacoemulsification surgical systems that allows a user to select different pulse modes by touching portions of the display screen. The user interface includes first and second display elements. One display element includes a representation of the on-time of the pulses, and the other display element includes a representation of the off-time. The representations show how the on-time and off-time change relative to a position of a controller, such as a foot pedal. The representation show a constant time, or that a time increases or decreases as the foot pedal is pressed. To select a pulse mode, a user can scroll through different pulse representations by touching the screen at the display elements. The selected pulse mode can be continuous, pulse, burst, or a combination or derivation thereof.

Claims3

Dependent claims

A phacoemulsification surgical system comprising:

a controller;
and
a display screen comprising a user interface that generates pulses having an on-time and an off-time, the pulses being adjusted in response to a position change of the controller and based on settings in the user interface displayed on the display screen, the user interface comprising:
a first display element comprising a representation of a manner of change of the on-time of the pulses generated by the phacoemulsification surgical system in response to a change to the position of the controller, wherein a first on-time representation is changed to a second on-time representation in response to the display screen being touched at the first display element;
and
a second display element comprising a representation of a manner of change of the off-time of the pulses generated by the phacoemulsification surgical system in response to the change to the position of the controller, wherein a first off-time representation is changed to a second off-time representation in response to the display screen being touched at the second display element,
wherein the on-time of the pulses is an amount of time a series of the pulses is to be generated by the phacoemulsification system, the on-time of the pulses being an amount of time during which phacoemulsification energy is applied;
and
wherein the off-time of the pulses is an amount of time following each pulse generated during the on-time of the pulses, the off-time being a period of time in which phacoemulsification energy is not applied.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 12/951,656Filed 22 Nov 2010 · continuation
Priority: 15 Apr 2005
Published: US 2011/0288470 A124 Nov 2011
Granted: 17 Jan 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

A61F 9/00745
Instruments for removal of intra-ocular material or intra-ocular injection, e.g. cataract instruments: using mechanical vibrations, e.g. ultrasonic
G16H 40/63
For the operation of medical equipment or devices: for local operation
A61B 34/25
Computer-aided surgery; Manipulators or robots specially adapted for use in surgery: user interfaces for surgical systems
A61B 2017/00199
Electrical control of surgical instruments: with a console, e.g. a control panel with a display

Family

Application60/671,879Us provisional application · filed 15 Apr 2005
Application11/401,659Parent of this continuation · filed 11 Apr 2006
US 2011/0288470 A1Pre-grant publication · published 24 Nov 2011
US 7,870,505 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2006/0236242 A1Published application
US 9,545,335 B2This patent

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