Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reliable footswitch that functions to communicate with a surgical system while avoiding potential hazard or a restrictive environment created by entangled cables.SOLUTION: The surgical footswitch includes a base, a pedal, an encoder assembly, a wireless interface, and an internal power generator. The wireless interface sends control signals from an encoder to a surgical controller and then instructs surgical equipment based on the control signal. This wireless interface eliminates the tangle of wires or tethers, which may be a hazard in a surgical theater. The internal power generator converts footswitch movement into stored energy, in order to eliminate potential failures of the footswitch during a surgery and to overcome the need to replace batteries of the footswitch.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and method for effectively and efficiently reducing or removing light of undesired wavelength from a light source. SOLUTION: The present invention provides the system and method for filtering light. Concretely, the system is prepared as a source of illumination using one or more mirrors in an optical path and can filter light. In one embodiment, one or more cold mirrors on the optical path are coated so as to reflect light of desired wavelengths while transmitting light of the other wavelengths. As light from a light source is selectively reflected by the cold mirrors, the light of undesired wavelengths can be substantially removed before the light from the light source illuminates an area. In other embodiments, one or more hot mirrors are provided on the optical path, wherein the hot mirrors are coated so as to transmit the light of desired wavelengths and reflect the light of undesired wavelengths. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a foot switch which avoids latent danger or restricted circumstances caused by entangled cables and simultaneously functions so as to transmit it to a system for surgical operation. SOLUTION: A foot switch 10 includes a pedal 16 connected to an encoder assembly 22 for producing control signals supplied to a wireless interface 24. The wireless interface 24 is connected by communication to a wireless interface 30 of a controller 28 for surgical operation. The control signals of the encoder assembly 22 are transmitted to the controller 28 for surgical operation. The controller 28 for surgical operation functions so as to instruct equipment 32 for surgical operation based on control signals relayed from a footless switch to the controller for surgical operation. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reliable footswitch that functions to communicate with a surgical system while avoiding potential hazard or a restrictive environment created by entangled cables.SOLUTION: The surgical footswitch includes a base, a pedal, an encoder assembly, a wireless interface, and an internal power generator, and includes a first switch and a second switch. The wireless interface sends control signals from an encoder to a surgical controller and then instructs surgical equipment based on the control signal. This wireless interface eliminates the tangle of wires or tethers, which may be a hazard in a surgical theater. The internal power generator converts footswitch movement into stored energy, in order to eliminate potential failures of the footswitch during a surgery and to overcome the need to replace batteries of the footswitch.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reliable footswitch that avoids potential hazards or a regulated environment formed by a tangled cable and simultaneously functions to work on a surgical system.SOLUTION: The present invention provides a surgical footswitch that includes a base, a pedal, an encoder assembly, a wireless interface, and an internal power generator. The wireless interface passes a control signal from the encoder to the surgical console, which then directs the surgical apparatus based on the control signal. This wireless interface eliminates the tangle of wires or tethers, which may be a hazard in the surgical theater. The internal power generator translates footswitch movement into stored energy to eliminate potential failures of the footswitch during a procedure and overcome the need to replace batteries within the footswitch.
Abstract:
An ophthalmic illuminator is disclosed, one embodiment comprising: an illumination source, wherein the illumination source produces an arc; a lens, such as a 5 condensing lens, for focusing light produced by the illumination source arc; and an optical fiber for carrying the focused light to a surgical site, such as an eye. The illumination source is positioned offset from a longitudinal axis of the optical fiber to compensate for shifting of the illumination source arc over time. The offset position can be such that the illumination source is positioned in a vertically offset position 10 from the longitudinal axis of the optical fiber. The longitudinal axis corresponds to the optical path axis of the optical fiber. The ophthalmic illuminator can further comprise a reflector for reflecting the light produced by the illumination source arc, wherein the reflector is positioned offset from the illumination source to decrease the rate of erosion of an illumination source cathode. >I cold q mirror Aspheric Aspheric j condensing fiber collimating Louver lenses lens attenuators Xenon are lamp Figure Z
Abstract:
An ophthalmic illuminator is disclosed, one embodiment comprising: an illumination source, wherein the illumination source produces an arc; a lens, such as a condensing lens, for focusing light produced by the illumination source arc; and an optical fiber for carrying the focused light to a surgical site, such as an eye. The illumination source is positioned offset from a longitudinal axis of the optical fiber to compensate for shifting of the illumination source arc over time. The offset position can be such that the illumination source is positioned in a vertically offset position from the longitudinal axis of the optical fiber. The longitudinal axis corresponds to the optical path axis of the optical fiber. The ophthalmic illuminator can further comprise a reflector for reflecting the light produced by the illumination source arc, wherein the reflector is positioned offset from the illumination source to decrease the rate of erosion of an illumination source cathode.
Abstract:
In one aspect of the invention, an ophthalmic endoilluminator includes at least one pump light source and a scintillator fiber optically coupled to the pump light source. The scintillator fiber receives an output of the pump light source and produces light in a different wavelength range than the output of the pump light source. An optical coupling element couples the light to an optical fiber, which conducts the light into an eye.
Abstract:
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for filteri ng light. More particularly, embodiments of the present invention may filter light provided as a source of illumination by using one or more mirrors in an optical path. In a specific embodiment, one or more cold mirrors in the optical path are coated such tha t they are operable to reflect light in the desired wavelengths while transmitting othe r wavelengths of light. Thus, as light from a light source is reflected off these cold mirrors undesired wavelengths of light may be substantially removed from the light before it i s utilized to illuminate an area. In other embodiments, one or more hot mirrors mirror may also be provided in the optical path, where these hot mirrors are coated such that they are operable to transmit the desired wavelengths of light and reflect undesired wavelengths.