Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Handheld ophthalmic probe with peristaltic pump and associated devices, systems, and methods
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Application No.: US15253046Application Date: 2016-08-31
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Publication No.: US10690127B2Publication Date: 2020-06-23
- Inventor: Francisco Javier Ochoa
- Applicant: Novartis AG
- Applicant Address: CH Fribourg
- Assignee: Alcon Inc.
- Current Assignee: Alcon Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: CH Fribourg
- Main IPC: F04B43/12
- IPC: F04B43/12 ; A61M1/00 ; A61F9/007 ; F04B49/20

Abstract:
Systems, apparatuses, and methods of and for an ophthalmic surgical system are disclosed. An ophthalmic surgical system may include a handheld probe. The probe may include a housing sized and shaped for grasping by a user. The probe may include a tip extending from the housing and being sized to penetrate and treat an eye of a patient. The tip may include an aspiration lumen arranged to carry fluid away from the eye. The probe may include a peristaltic pump disposed within the housing. The pump may include a roller in contact with a deformable conduit in fluid communication with the aspiration lumen. The roller may be arranged to deform the conduit while in contact therewith. The pump may also include a roller driver in contact with a periphery of the roller in a manner that moves the roller along the conduit to urge the fluid through the conduit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180058438A1 HANDHELD OPHTHALMIC PROBE WITH PERISTALTIC PUMP AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2018-03-01
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