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HANDHELD OPHTHALMIC PROBE WITH PERISTALTIC PUMP AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS

  • US 20180058438A1
  • Filed: 08/31/2016
  • Published: 03/01/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An ophthalmic surgical system comprising:

  • a handheld probe comprising;

    a housing sized and shaped for grasping by a user;

    a tip extending from the housing and being sized to penetrate and treat an eye of a patient, the tip including an aspiration lumen arranged to carry material away from the eye; and

    a peristaltic pump disposed within the housing, the peristaltic pump comprising;

    a deformable conduit comprising a conduit lumen extending therethrough, the conduit lumen in fluid communication with the aspiration lumen;

    a roller in contact with the deformable conduit and comprising an outer peripheral surface, the roller engaged with the deformable conduit to cause the deformable tubing to deform; and

    a roller driver in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the roller, the roller movable along the deformable conduit in response to movement of the roller driver to cause movement of material within the conduit lumen therealong.

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