Method of controlling the operating parameters of a surgical system
US6179808A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 18, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jan 30, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 18, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F9/00736
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A control system for a surgical system that includes an irrigation fluid flow sensing capability. The sensing capability may be placed in the control console or in the handpiece. Irrigation flow measurements provided by the sensing capability allows the control system to vary irrigation pressure and/or flow, aspiration pressure and/or flow and power supplied to the handpiece more accurately than prior art sensors that monitor aspiration flow.
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