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Device, system and method for assessing attitude and alignment of a surgical cassette

  • US 9,895,262 B2
  • Filed: 06/15/2016
  • Issued: 02/20/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A phacoemulsification system, comprising:

  • a cassette comprising positioning surfaces; and

    a console comprising;

    a cassette receiver configured to couple with the positioning surfaces of the cassette; and

    two potentiometers mounted within an area defined by the cassette receiver, wherein the potentiometers are each suitable for depression by a respective one of the positioning surfaces, and wherein incremental changes in an amount of the depressions is indicative of at least one of an alignment and an attitude of said cassette with respect to the cassette receiver; and

    wherein the console further comprises a comparator configured to compare, based on an electrical resistance reading, an amount of the depression of one of the potentiometers with that of another of the potentiometers to assess the attitude of the cassette.

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