DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING ATTITUDE AND ALIGNMENT OF A SURGICAL CASSETTE
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Abstract
A system and method of receiving a cassette to a console of a phacoemulsification system. The system and method may include receiving the cassette in close proximity to a cassette receptacle comprising a receiving surface, sensing variations in at least two variable resistances mounted respectively diagonally about the receiving surface, and comparing the variations as between the at least two variable resistances to assess an attitude of the cassette. The system and method may optionally include clamping the cassette responsively to the comparing step.
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21 Claims
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1-14. -14. (canceled)
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15. A method of receiving a cassette to a console of a phacoemulsification system, comprising:
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receiving the cassette into immediate proximity with a cassette receiver comprising a receiving surface; sensing variations in detectors mounted respectively diagonally about the receiving surface, wherein the variations are indicative of pressure asserted by the received cassette on the receiving surface; and comparing the variations as between the detectors to assess an attitude of the cassette. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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