Foot pedal system and apparatus

US10828193B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Kyle E. Lynn · Tustin, US
• Tuan Tran · Garden Grove, US
• Christopher James Page · Cambridge, US
• Allan Lee Cameron · Natick, US
• Andrew J. Boyce · Hopkinton, US
• Philip Walker · Swan Hills, CA
• Kelvin Kao · Long Beach, US
• Kenneth E. Kadziauskas · Coto De Caza, US
• Regan A. Pierce · Laguna Niguel, US
• Fred C. Lee · Blacksburg, US
• Teresita Smith · Lake Forest, US
• Tapan Patel · Chino Hills, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 17, 2014
• Grant date: Nov 10, 2020
• Expiry date: Mar 19, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01H2300/014
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A phacoemulsification system and method, and a surgical foot pedal device, system and method. The present invention may include a console comprising a plurality of modes for at least one physically associated surgical instrument, and a foot pedal communicatively associated with said console and suitable for varying ones of the plurality of modes. The foot pedal may include a housing comprising the communicative association, and comprising at least one potentiometer and at least two top switches for the varying of the ones of the plurality of modes, a treadle rotatably mounted within the housing and suitable for depressing the at least one potentiometer, and at least two side switches movably associated with the treadle for the varying of the ones of the plurality of modes.