ROBOTIC CATARACT SURGERY USING FOCUSED ULTRASOUND

    公开(公告)号:US20250025337A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-23

    申请号:US18908719

    申请日:2024-10-07

    Abstract: A phacoemulsification apparatus includes an ultrasound transmitter, an irrigation-aspiration tool, a robotic arm, and a processor. The ultrasound transmitter is configured to generate and focus an ultrasound beam into a lens capsule of an eye of a patient, to emulsify a lens of the eye. The irrigation-aspiration tool having a distal end including an outlet of an irrigation channel for flowing irrigation fluid into the lens capsule, and an inlet of an aspiration channel for removing material from the lens capsule. The robotic arm is configured to move the distal end of the irrigation-aspiration tool inside the lens capsule. The processor is configured to control the ultrasound transmitter to irradiate one or more target locations in the eye capsule with the focused ultrasound beam, and control the robotic arm to move the distal end of the irrigation-aspiration tool in coordination with the target locations irradiated by the ultrasound transmitter.

    Removal of cataract debris
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12178750B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-31

    申请号:US17101992

    申请日:2020-11-23

    Abstract: In one embodiment, a phacoemulsification apparatus includes actuators configured to vibrate responsively to respective driving signals, a needle including an aspiration channel, and configured to be vibrated by the actuators so as to emulsify a lens of an eye, a generator configured to generate at least one of the driving signals responsively to a vibration pattern selected for the needle, the needle being configured to vibrate in accordance with the selected vibration pattern, and a sensor configured to sense a level of vacuum in the aspiration channel, wherein the generator is configured to alter at least one of the driving signals to transition vibration of the needle from a first vibration pattern selected from the group consisting of a longitudinal vibration pattern and a first helical vibration pattern, to a second vibration pattern of a second helical vibration pattern, responsively to a decrease in the sensed level of vacuum.

    PHACOEMULSIFICATION SYSTEM
    4.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20240398618A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-05

    申请号:US18203673

    申请日:2023-05-31

    Abstract: Phacoemulsification apparatus, consisting of a phacoemulsification probe having a distal end including a combination of a needle and a sleeve, the combination being configured for insertion into an eye of a patient, and being configured for fluid transfer between the eye and the combination. The apparatus has an ultrasound actuator configured to vibrate the needle, a first sensor configured to output a first indication indicative of physical contact between the needle and a lens of the eye, and a second sensor configured to output a second indication indicative of a parameter associated with the fluid transferred by the combination. A microcontroller is configured to receive the first and the second indication, to calculate a threshold for the first indication in response to the second indication, and to activate and deactivate the ultrasound actuator in response to the first indication crossing the threshold.

    STABILIZING INTRA-OCULAR PRESSURE AT ONSET OF ASPIRATION

    公开(公告)号:US20240207501A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-27

    申请号:US18089407

    申请日:2022-12-27

    Abstract: A pumping system for a phacoemulsification system, consisting of: a phacoemulsification probe, an irrigation tube providing irrigation fluid into an eye, an irrigation pump pumping the irrigation fluid, an aspiration tube conveying aspiration fluid from the eye, an aspiration pump pumping the aspiration fluid from the eye, an aspiration pump sensor providing a first signal indicating activation of the aspiration pump, and a pressure sensor providing a second signal indicating intraocular pressure (IOP) in the eye. A controller receives the first signal and second signals, and in response controls the irrigation pump to alter a registered flow rate of the irrigation fluid to a preset adjusted flow rate until a threshold, dependent on at least one of a time of operation of the irrigation pump at the preset adjusted flow rate and the second signal, is crossed. When crossed the irrigation fluid is pumped at the registered flow rate.

    ASPIRATION REFLUX CONTROL SYSTEM
    7.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240148954A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-09

    申请号:US17980689

    申请日:2022-11-04

    Abstract: In one exemplary mode, a phacoemulsification system includes a phacoemulsification probe to be inserted into an eye, an irrigation line to provide irrigation fluid into the eye, an aspiration line to convey aspiration fluid from the eye, an aspiration pump to pump the aspiration fluid from the eye, a pump controller to control a flow direction and rate of the aspiration pump, and an aspiration rate user input device to provide a signal indicative of user actuation of the aspiration rate user input device, wherein the pump controller is configured to receive the signal provided by the aspiration rate user input device, and reverse the flow direction and set the flow rate of the aspiration pump at which to pump the aspiration fluid into the eye, the flow rate in the reverse flow direction being set responsively to an actuation rate at which the aspiration rate user input device is actuated.

    PHACOEMULSIFICATION SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF EXTENSION TUBING

    公开(公告)号:US20230285190A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-14

    申请号:US18106608

    申请日:2023-02-07

    CPC classification number: A61F9/00745 A61B2017/00973

    Abstract: A phacoemulsification system includes a phacoemulsification handpiece, an irrigation line and an aspiration line connected to the phacoemulsification handpiece, an Anti-Vacuum Surge (AVS) module inserted at least in the aspiration line, and a processor. The processor is configured to automatically detect whether an extension tubing is present in the aspiration line between the phacoemulsification handpiece and the AVS module, to set a first parameter setting, for detecting vacuum surges in the aspiration line, in response to detecting that the extension tubing is present, and, in response to detecting that the extension tubing is not present, to set a second parameter setting, different from the first parameter setting, for detecting the vacuum surges in the aspiration line.

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