Ophthalmic surgical systems, methods, and devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12478447-B2
Application number	US-202117209442-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 23, 2021
Priority date	Nov 28, 2013
Publication date	Nov 25, 2025
Grant date	Nov 25, 2025

Abstract

The disclosure herein provides ophthalmic surgical systems, methods, and devices. In one embodiment, a surgical apparatus for use by a surgeon during a surgical procedure comprises one or more sealed sterilized surgical packs configured to be 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 top surface comprising a receiving structure for positioning therein of the sterile surgical instrument, 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.

First claim

What is claimed is:

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 infusion module and a sterile aspiration module, wherein the sterile infusion module is separable from the sterile aspiration module, the sterile infusion and aspiration modules each comprising:
a housing comprising walls sized and configured to be removably received in a recess of a reusable support structure, and at least one outer surface configured to be part of a sterile field of the surgical procedure;
a pump for pumping fluids into or out of a surgical site; and
a motor coupled to the pump for rotating a rotor of the pump,
wherein the housing further comprises an electrical interface configured to receive electrical power from the reusable support structure for powering the motor,
wherein the sterile infusion module is configured to pump fluids into the surgical site, and the sterile aspiration module is configured to pump fluids out of the surgical site.

2 . The surgical apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the housing of the sterile infusion module is removably received in a first recess of the reusable support structure and the housing of the sterile aspiration module is removably received in a second recess of the reusable support structure.

3 . The surgical apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the pump comprises a sterilization configuration wherein at most one pinch-point is created in peristaltic tubing of the pump.

4 . The surgical apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more sealed sterilized surgical packs further comprises:
a sterile surgical instrument; and a sterile surgical instrument holder comprising a top surface configured to be part of the sterile field of the surgical procedure, the top surface comprising a receiving portion for positioning therein or thereon of the sterile surgical instrument, the sterile surgical instrument holder further comprising a bottom surface sized and configured to be received in a different recess of the reusable support structure.

5 . The surgical apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the sterile surgical instrument is configured to couple with one or more of: a light source of the reusable support structure, an electronic controller of the reusable support structure, a mechanical driver of the reusable support structure, a pneumatic driver of the reusable support structure, and a fluidic driver of the reusable support structure.

6 . The surgical apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the reusable support structure is non-sterile, and the one or more sealed sterilized surgical packs further comprises a surgical drape configured be positioned between the non-sterile reusable support structure and at least one of the modules.

Assignees

• Alcon Inc

Inventors

• Brennan Jeffrey David
• Humayun Mark

Classifications

• A61B90/30

  Devices for illuminating a surgical field, the devices having an interrelation with other surgical devices or with a surgical procedure · CPC title

• A61B2090/065

  for measuring contact or contact pressure · CPC title

• A61B2017/00367

  Details of actuation of instruments, e.g. relations between pushing buttons, or the like, and activation of the tool, working tip, or the like · CPC title

• A61B2017/00207

  with hand gesture control or hand gesture recognition · CPC title

• A61B2017/00115

  with audible or visual output · CPC title