Patent ID: 7713237

Claim:
A surgical cassette, comprising: a dual infusion chamber for receiving an irrigating fluid from a source external to said cassette, said dual infusion chamber disposed within an interior of said surgical cassette, said dual infusion chamber having a first chamber and a second chamber, each of said first chamber and said second chamber having a volume sufficient to hold an amount of irrigating fluid to enable said source of irrigating fluid to be exchanged without interrupting a surgical procedure, said first chamber not fluidly coupled to said second chamber; a first fluid line fluidly coupled to said first chamber for providing said irrigating fluid to said first chamber; a second fluid line fluidly coupled to said first chamber for providing said irrigating fluid to a surgical device; a third fluid line fluidly coupled to said second chamber for providing said irrigating fluid to said second chamber; and a fourth fluid line fluidly coupled to said second chamber for providing said irrigating fluid to said surgical device.