Patent ID: 8858492

Claim:
An ophthalmic surgery system comprising: an ophthalmic surgical console; and an ophthalmic surgery kit for use with the surgical console, including: a priming vessel defining a reservoir for holding a fluid, an auxiliary aspiration channel, an irrigation channel, and a handpiece channel; an ophthalmic surgical handpiece retained by the handpiece channel, the ophthalmic surgical handpiece, including a tip for insertion into a surgical site, and an aspiration tube coupled to the ophthalmic surgical console and transmitting fluid and tissue from the surgical site, the tip being disposed within the reservoir; an auxiliary aspiration tube retained by the auxiliary aspiration channel and having a first end disposed within the reservoir, the auxiliary aspiration tube having a second end coupled to the ophthalmic surgical console; an irrigation tube coupled to the ophthalmic surgical console and retained by the irrigation channel and having a first end disposed within the reservoir for dispensing fluid into the reservoir; and wherein the tip and the first end of the auxiliary aspiration tube becomes immersed in the fluid when a pre-determined volume of fluid, defined by a priming sequence controlled by the ophthalmic surgical console, is dispensed by each of the irrigation tube, the aspiration tube, the surgical handpiece, and the auxiliary aspiration tube into the reservoir, such that fluid flow controlled by the ophthalmic surgical console primes the surgical handpiece, the irrigation tube, the aspiration tube, and the auxiliary aspiration tube.