Ophthalmic Surgical Cassette and System

• US 20090156985A1
• Filed: 12/17/2007
• Published: 06/18/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated (Bausch Health Cos., Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated (Bausch Health Cos., Inc.)
• Inventors: Perry, MacIntosh E., Hottmann, Matt D., Walter, Jonathan T., Frye, Corey E.
• Application Number:
  US11/957,651
• Publication Number:
  US 20090156985A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/35
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2090/0803 Counting the number of times an instrument is used
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 9/00736 Instruments for removal of intra-ocular material or intra-ocular injection, e.g. cataract instruments A61F9/008 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/77 Suction-irrigation systems aspiration tips supplying fluids A61M1/85; specific for negative pressure wound therapy A61M1/92; combined with tracheal tubes A61M16/0463

Abstract

An ophthalmic surgical system 10 for aspirating fluids and tissue away from a patient'"'"'s eye comprising a surgical handpiece 12, a cassette 14, and a control console 16. Ophthalmic cassette 14 includes a first cassette portion 20 for attachment to a pump 24, a second cassette portion 22 for attachment to the surgical handpiece 12 and a data storage device 18 attached to cassette 14. Control console 16 includes the pump 24, a data storage device interface 26 and a processing device 28.

Claims

1. An ophthalmic surgical cassette for use with a pump for collecting aspirant fluid and tissue from a patients eye, the cassette comprising:

a first cassette portion for attachment to a pump;

a second cassette portion for attachment to a surgical handpiece;

a data storage device attached to the cassette for storing data indicative of parameters of the cassette or use of the cassette during a life cycle of the cassette; and

wherein the data stored in the data storage device is capable of being adjusted during the life cycle of the cassette.

2. The cassette of claim 1, wherein the data storage device stores at least one parameter.

3. The cassette of claim 1, wherein the data storage device comprises electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM).

4. The cassette of claim 1, wherein the data storage device comprises a smart chip.

5. The cassette of claim 1, wherein the data storage device comprises a processing device.

6. The cassette of claim 1, wherein the at least one parameter is permanently stored in the data storage device.

7. The cassette of claim 1, wherein the at least one parameter defines the usable life of the cassette

8. The cassette of claim 1, wherein the at least one operating parameter is stored in response to cassette usage.

9. The cassette of claim 1, wherein the at least one parameter includes total number of uses, total time period of each use and/or other surgical history information.

10. An ophthalmic surgical system for aspirating fluids and tissue away from a patient'"'"'s eye comprising:

a surgical handpiece;

a cassette, the cassette including a first cassette portion for attachment to a pump and a second cassette portion for attachment to a surgical handpiece;

a data storage device attached to the cassette, wherein the data storage device is capable of being adjusted during a life cycle of the cassette;

a control console, the control console including a pump, a data storage device interface and a processing device for adjusting the data stored in the data storage device; and

wherein the cassette is configured for receiving aspirant fluid and tissue from a surgical handpiece.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the processing device and data storage device interface are configured for communication with the data storage device.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the cassette is coupled to the surgical handpiece and to the control console.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the communication includes reading at least one parameter stored in the data storage device.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the communication includes writing to the data storage device.