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Control system for ophthalmic surgical instruments

  • US 5,157,603 A
  • Filed: 11/20/1989
  • Issued: 10/20/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/06/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A microsurgical control system for controlling at least one ophthalmic microsurgical instrument for performing ophthalmic surgical procedures, the system comprising:

  • a console;

    connecting means for connecting at least one ophthalmic microsurgical instrument to said console;

    control means coupled to said connecting means for providing a plurality of surgical procedure control signals to said instrument;

    a first controller for displaying human readable characters at least a first portion of which are displayed at a first set of predetermined areas of said console and a second portion of which are displayed at a second predetermined area on said console;

    a second controller adjacent one of said first and second predetermined areas of said console;

    a third controller adjacent the other of said first and second predetermined areas of said console;

    wherein at least one of said second and third controllers includes means for changing the human readable characters at a selected predetermined area; and

    means for selecting the predetermined area at which the human readable character display and the corresponding control signals is to be changed.

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