Patent ID: 6055458
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: A61B,A61F,G05B

Abstract:
A system for controlling a plurality of ophthalmic microsurgical instruments connected thereto, said microsurgical instruments for use by a user such as a surgeon in performing ophthalmic surgical procedures, said system comprising:a data communications bus;a user interface connected to the data communications bus, said user interface providing information to the user and receiving information from the user which information is representative of operating parameters of the microsurgical instruments;a first surgical module connected to and controlling one of the microsurgical instruments as a function of at least one of the operating parameters, said first surgical module being connected to the data communications bus;wherein the data communications bus provides communication of data representative of the operating parameters between the user interface and the first surgical module;a memory storing a plurality of operating parameters;a central processor for retrieving a set of the operating parameters from the memory for the microsurgical instruments whereby said surgical module controls the corresponding microsurgical instrument as a function of the set of operating parameters retrieved from the memory; andwherein the operating parameters are retrievable from the memory as a function of a mode sequence from a user-defined mode sequence database, each mode being representative of one or more surgical procedures to be performed and defined by operation of at least one of the microsurgical instruments, and wherein the central processor retrieves a set of the operating parameters from the memory for the microsurgical instruments to be used in a selected one of the modes whereby the surgical module controls the corresponding microsurgical instruments as a function of the operating parameters retrieved from the memory.