Patent ID: 8801653
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: A61F,A61M

Abstract:
1. A dynamic surge suppressor for use in a phacoemulsification surgical procedure for the removal of lens tissue from an eye of a patient, which comprises: a suppressor housing having an inner passage; a mesh filter located within a portion of the inner passage of the suppressor housing; a tube, having an unobstructed inner passage with a prescribed diameter, located in a portion of the inner passage of the suppressor housing not occupied by the mesh filter; the tube unattached to any portion of the suppressor housing, and movable freely independently, and axially, within the inner passage of the suppressor housing; and a separate inner passage, independent of the unobstructed inner passage of the tube, formed by a space between an outer surface of the tube and an adjacent portion of an inner wall of the inner passage of the suppressor housing.