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Ophthalmic surgical systems, methods, and devices

  • US 9,962,226 B2
  • Filed: 01/29/2015
  • Issued: 05/08/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A surgical apparatus for use by a surgeon during a surgical procedure, the surgical apparatus comprising:

  • one or more sealed sterilized surgical packs configured to be unsealed before a surgical procedure and disposed of after a single or a limited number of surgical procedures, the one or more sealed sterilized surgical packs comprising;

    a sterile surgical instrument; and

    a sterile surgical tray comprising a top surface configured to be part of a sterile field of the surgical procedure,the sterile surgical tray further comprising walls that define a recess sized and configured to receive a reusable non-sterile module, the recess configured to encapsulate the reusable non-sterile module to isolate the reusable non-sterile module from the sterile field of the surgical procedure,wherein the walls of the sterile surgical tray comprise an interface positioned and configured to enable one or more functions of the reusable non-sterile module to be utilized in the sterile field of the surgical procedure outside of the recess, the interface comprising an electronic communication interface configured to enable an electronic controller of the reusable non-sterile module to electronically communicate with the sterile surgical tray or the sterile surgical instrument and a mechanical coupling for transmission of rotational motion from a motor of the reusable non-sterile module to a fluid pump connected to the sterile surgical tray.

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