Patent ID: 11918729
Assignee: JOHNSON & JOHNSON SURGICAL VISION, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An eye treatment system comprising:
a handpiece configured to aspirate fluids from an eye;
an eye treatment console comprising a receptacle, a peristaltic pump exposed to the receptacle, a vacuum source coupleable to the receptacle, and a cassette functional indicator detector; and
an eye treatment cassette comprising:
a holding tank configured to hold the aspirated fluids, wherein the handpiece and vacuum source are fluidly connected by a single valve;
a collection bag connected to the holding tank for collecting the aspirated fluids;
a displacement-based pump fluidly coupled between the handpiece and the holding tank;
an aspiration pathway coupleable to both the peristaltic pump and vacuum source when the cassette frame is mounted in the receptacle; and
a cassette functional indicator that signals the functionality of the eye treatment cassette to the detector of the console so as to allow the console to selectively drive aspiration with the at least one of the peristaltic pump or the vacuum source when the functionality of the eye treatment cassette is detected.