Graphical user interface for phacoemulsification surgical system

• US 7,870,505 B2
• Filed: 04/11/2006
• Issued: 01/11/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alcon Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Alcon Incorporated
• Inventors: Thoe, David A., Boukhny, Mikhail
• Primary Examiner(s): Pesin; Boris
• Assistant Examiner(s): WONG, WILLIAM
• Application Number:
  US11/401,659
• Publication Number:
  US 20060236242A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,736 Days
• Field of Search: 715/761, 715/700, 715810-847, 604/22, 600/471, 606 4- 6
• US Class Current: 715/810
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00199 with a console, e.g. a control panel with a display
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00977 the depression depth determining the power rate
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 34/25 User interfaces for surgical systems
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 9/00745 using mechanical vibrations, e.g. ultrasonic
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 715/973 Scroll tool, e.g. window scroll bar

Abstract

A graphical user interface for use in phacoemulsification surgical systems that allows a user to select different pulse modes by touching portions of the display screen. The user interface includes first and second display elements. One display element includes a representation of the on-time of the pulses, and the other display element includes a representation of the off-time. The representations show how the on-time and off-time change relative to a position of a controller, such as a foot pedal. The representation show a constant time, or that a time increases or decreases as the foot pedal is pressed. To select a pulse mode, a user can scroll through different pulse representations by touching the screen at the display elements. The selected pulse mode can be continuous, pulse, burst, or a combination or derivation thereof.

Claims

1. A user interface for a phacoemulsification surgical system that generates pulses having an on-time and an off-time, the pulses being adjusted in response to a foot pedal and based on settings in the user interface displayed on a display screen, the user interface comprising:

a first display element comprising a representation of the on-time of the pulses generated by the phacoemulsification surgical system relative to a position of the foot pedal, wherein the representation of the on-time of the pulses is a decreasing linear representation, a decreasing non-linear representation, a horizontal representation, an increasing linear representation, or an increasing non-linear representation, and wherein each representation of the on-time of the pulses is sequentially displayed in a menu in response to touching of the display screen at the first display element;

an on-time value that is displayed with the first display element and that indicates a value of the on-time of the pulses, wherein the representation of the on-time of the pulses is displayed in a background relative to the on-time value;

a second display element comprising a representation of the off-time of the pulses generated by the phacoemulsification surgical system relative to a position of the foot pedal, wherein the representation of the off-time of the pulses is a decreasing linear representation, a decreasing non-linear representation, a horizontal representation, an increasing linear representation, or an increasing non-linear representation, and wherein each representation of the off-time of the pulses is sequentially displayed in a menu in response to touching the display screen at the second display element; and

an off-time value display that is displayed with the second display element and that indicates a value of the off-time of the pulses, wherein the representation of the off- time value display appears within the second display element and the representation of the off-time of the pulses is displayed in a background relative to the off-time value.