HOLDING TANK DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR SURGICAL FLUIDICS CASSETTE

    公开(公告)号:EP3417891A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-26

    申请号:EP18185756.6

    申请日:2007-11-07

    IPC分类号: A61M1/00 G01F23/292

    摘要: The present invention is generally directed to improved methods, devices, and systems for eye surgery. In some embodiments, the invention may provide new and/or improved devices, systems, and methods for detecting surgical fluids in a fluidics cassette, particularly cassettes which are used to couple an eye treatment probe to an eye treatment console. Rather than relaying on internal reflection by a gas-liquid interface, the fluid detection techniques described herein may make use of the changes in propagation of light through a portion of the holding tank when the portion varies between empty and full. For example, light may propagate directly through the holding tank portion when there is no surgical fluid, but may be directed away from a light detector when the portion of the holding tank is filled with surgical fluid. As the light may be controllably refracted using the interface between the transparent holding tank material and the surgical fluid, the propagation properties of the light may be more reliably predicted and controlled. While the sensor may not determine the actual liquid level within the holding tank, a plurality of individual liquid detectors may be sufficient to determine when it is appropriate to (for example) turn drain pumps on and off, when the holding tank is in danger of being overfilled, and the like. Other aspects of the invention may provide devices, systems, and methods for producing different types of fluidics cassette using a single cassette body type.

    CATARACT PHACOEMULSIFICATION TIP
    9.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP3319566A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-16

    申请号:EP16821825.3

    申请日:2016-06-29

    CPC分类号: A61F9/00745 A61M1/0084

    摘要: A phacoemulsification or aspiration tip is designed for use in cataract surgeries. The phacoemulsification tip (also referred to as a phaco tip) can reduce the duration and energy of cataract surgeries because the phaco tip is designed to reduce the likelihood that cataract fragments will become clogged inside the phaco tip. For example, the phaco tip has a lumen with variable sized diameters, which helps filter out larger cataract fragments that are more likely to clog the phaco tip. Further, the phaco tip can have a larger diameter at a bend to prevent blockages. The opening of the phaco tip can have a sharp edge to shear cataract fragments into smaller pieces that are less likely to clog the phaco tip. By preventing blockages using the phaco tip and reducing the duration of cataract surgeries, patients may recover faster from the cataract surgeries.

    A MODULAR HAND-HELD PUMP SYSTEM FOR OCULAR SURGERY
    10.
    发明公开
    A MODULAR HAND-HELD PUMP SYSTEM FOR OCULAR SURGERY 审中-公开
    一种用于眼科手术的模块化手持式泵系统

    公开(公告)号:EP3312422A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-04-25

    申请号:EP17208369.3

    申请日:2014-03-14

    申请人: Novartis AG

    IPC分类号: F04B43/12 F04B53/22 F04B43/08

    摘要: A modular hand-held pump system (400) for ocular surgery, comprises a pumping portion (420) which comprises a housing (110); a cylindrical cavity formed within the housing; and compressible conduits (115a, 115b, 426), each of the compressible conduits adapted to create a separate fluid flow; and a drive portion (410) which comprises a body (412); and a rotor (118, 247, 416) disposed in the body, the rotor receivable into the cylindrical cavity upon coupling of the drive system to the pumping portion.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于眼科手术的模块化手持泵系统(400),包括泵送部分(420),其包括壳体(110); 在外壳内形成的圆柱形空腔; 和可压缩导管(115a,115b,426),每个可压缩导管适于产生单独的流体流动; 和包括主体(412)的驱动部分(410); 以及布置在所述主体中的转子(118,247,416),所述转子在所述驱动系统联接到所述泵送部分时可接收到所述圆柱形空腔中。