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Timestamp: 2019-09-23 05:26:05
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Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 60', 'Application No. 08746468', 'Application No. 2014', 'Application No. 2017216458', 'Application No. 2924148', 'Application No. 16196682', 'Application No. 7157', 'Application No. 2016', 'Application No. 10']

US10363165B2 - Independent surgical center - Google Patents
US10363165B2
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US15/656,171
US20170319386A1 (en
2017-07-21 Application filed by Doheny Eye Institute filed Critical Doheny Eye Institute
2017-07-21 Priority to US15/656,171 priority patent/US10363165B2/en
2017-07-21 Assigned to DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE reassignment DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: DEBOER, CHARLES, MCCORMICK, MATTHEW, CHONG, LAWRENCE, HUMAYUN, MARK, BHADRI, PRASHANT, KERNS, RALPH
2017-11-09 Publication of US20170319386A1 publication Critical patent/US20170319386A1/en
2019-07-30 Publication of US10363165B2 publication Critical patent/US10363165B2/en
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/092,159, entitled “Independent Surgical Center” and filed Nov. 27, 2013, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/084,471, entitled “Independent Surgical Center” and filed Apr. 11, 2011, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,623,000, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/107,038, entitled “Independent Surgical Center” and filed Apr. 21, 2008, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,177,776, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/925,546, entitled “Independent Surgical Center Including A Portable Vitrectomy Handpiece And Infusion/Aspiration Cassette” and filed on Apr. 20, 2007. Each of the foregoing applications is hereby incorporated herein by reference in their entirety. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/107,038 is also related to U.S. application Ser. No. 12/106,962, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,177,064, and entitled “Surgical Pack and Tray”, and U.S. application Ser. No. 12/107,052 and entitled “Personal Surgical Center”, now abandoned, both filed on Apr. 21, 2008, and the foregoing applications are hereby incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
In the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 7, the cartridge is designed to be a free-standing instrument. In some embodiments, the cartridge includes a ledge 721 on the back that allows the cartridge to be hung off other equipment inside the sterile field, for example, a surgical tray or Mayo tray. In some embodiments, the cartridge includes various components and devices for controlling the system, for example, a processing unit, user controls, a power source 723, and a plurality of different interfacing devices which may be similar to the processing unit 301,509, user controls 311, 521, and power source 315, 511 of FIG. 3 or 5. The interfacing devices may include, for example, the aspiration chamber and port for a handpiece, the infusion chamber and port for an infusion line, and a wireless communication interface to communicate with the other instruments of the system. The power source provides power to the cartridge and allows the cartridge to function and be powered independently of other devices, and in some embodiments, provide power to connected devices, such as the handpiece. In some embodiments, the cartridge may also include a display and/or speaker, which may output various status indicators or settings of connected instruments.
The different instruments in the independent surgical system as have been described are easily portable, require low capital investment, are efficiently set up and tom down, enable the presence of fewer personnel in the operating room, are adaptable for use in existing surgery centers, and are easily upgradeable. Each instrument is easily moveable into operating rooms, surgery centers, and offices. A doctor's office is a new potential location where various different procedures may be performed. In a doctor's office, space is limited, and using large surgical instrumentation may not always be a realistic option. The highly portable instruments of the invention make setting up for various procedures faster and more convenient, and may allow for certain procedures to be performed even in a doctor's office. Portable surgical systems may also be used by visiting surgeons, and may potentially be taken to and used in remote locations, such as, for example, economically disadvantaged nations. Along those same lines, the instruments described are also low in cost. The instruments used in the systems discussed above are generally all manufactured as disposable units designed for a single use.
If flow sensing or flow control is used, the sensors and actuators may be placed close to or directly on the biological tissue cutting and aspiration handpiece. Aspiration/Infusion Cassette.
1. A self-powered surgical system for a surgical procedure, comprising:
a surgical tray;
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the program instructions further include instructions for:
receiving an adjustment request for a one of the plurality of handheld instruments; and
adjusting operating parameters of the one of the plurality of handheld instruments based on the adjustment request.
3. The system of claim 2, wherein each adjustment request is received from a one of the plurality of handheld instruments.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing unit is housed in the surgical tray.
5. The system of claim 4, wherein the plurality of handheld instruments and the at least one power source are packaged with the surgical tray prior to the surgical procedure.
6. The system of claim 5, wherein the package is sterile.
7. The system of claim 6, wherein each of the plurality of handheld instruments is useable within a sterile barrier during the surgical procedure.
8. The system of claim 6, wherein the plurality of handheld instruments are configured to be used within a substantially sterile barrier during the surgical procedure and are further configured to be accessed by a substantially non-sterile assistant.
9. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of handheld instruments is physically connected to the surgical tray.
10. The system of claim 1, wherein the program instructions further include instructions for:
receiving a status update signal from a one of the plurality of handheld instruments; and
adjusting a status indicator associated with the one of the plurality of handheld instruments based on the status update signal.
11. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing unit is housed in one of the plurality of handheld instruments.
12. The system of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of handheld instruments includes a radio frequency identification tag to facilitate establishment of communication with the processing unit.
13. A portable biological cutting and aspiration device comprising:
a fluid aspiration device; and
an integrated control unit coupled to the fluid aspiration device and wirelessly coupled to the cutting tip, wherein the control unit is configured to control cutting and aspiration of the cutting tip and fluid aspiration device.
14. A portable infusion and aspiration device comprising:
a wireless transceiver wirelessly coupled to a biological tissue cutting and aspiration device, the wireless transceiver configured to wirelessly communicate with the biological tissue cutting and aspiration device;
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