Surgical cassette
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1. A surgical cassette sized and shaped to be received in a cassette receiving portion of a surgical console, the cassette comprising:
- a housing;
a pressure sensor coupled to the housing;
a data device, located on the cassette; and
pressure sensor calibration data, stored in the data device, that includes unique information specific to operation of the pressure sensor and determined for the pressure sensor by testing the pressure sensor on the cassette at manufacture;
wherein the surgical console has an optical reader or detector configured to read pressure sensor calibration data within the data device when the cassette is in the cassette receiving portion of the surgical console.
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Abstract
A surgical system and cassette, the cassette having an identification method that is specific to the cassette. Suitable methods include bar coding or Radio Frequency Identification (“RFID”). Cassette information that may be encoded include features such as lot number and performance characteristics, such as pressure sensor calibration data, flow and pressure data and any other performance characteristics of the cassette captured during testing of the cassette at manufacture.
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1. A surgical cassette sized and shaped to be received in a cassette receiving portion of a surgical console, the cassette comprising:
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a housing; a pressure sensor coupled to the housing; a data device, located on the cassette; and pressure sensor calibration data, stored in the data device, that includes unique information specific to operation of the pressure sensor and determined for the pressure sensor by testing the pressure sensor on the cassette at manufacture; wherein the surgical console has an optical reader or detector configured to read pressure sensor calibration data within the data device when the cassette is in the cassette receiving portion of the surgical console. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 16, 18)
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4. A surgical system, comprising:
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a surgical console having a cassette receiving portion; a cassette sized and shaped to be received in the cassette receiving portion of the surgical console, the cassette comprising; a housing; a pressure sensor coupled to the housing; a data device, located on the cassette; and pressure sensor calibration data, stored in the data device, that includes unique information specific to operation of the pressure sensor coupled to the housing and determined for that unique pressure sensor by testing that unique pressure sensor on the cassette at manufacture; and wherein the surgical console comprises an optical reader or detector configured to read the pressure sensor calibration data when the cassette is in the cassette receiving portion of the surgical console. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 15, 17, 19)
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