Patent ID: 7883521

Claim:
Apparatus for the removal of lens tissue, said apparatus comprising: a first instrument having a shaft insertable into a lens capsule and a manipulating tool tip, said first instrument having an irrigation port introducing irrigation fluid into said lens capsule; and a second instrument, including an unsleeved needle configured to ultrasonically vibrate and insertable into the lens capsule, the second instrument including a primary aspiration port and a lumen therethrough configured to aspirate emulsified cataract tissue and irrigation fluid from said lens capsule, the second instrument also including one or more secondary ports disposed along a length of the lumen and configured to aspirate emulsified cataract tissue, irrigation fluid, or both, said unsleeved vibrated needle having a diameter enabling insertion of said unsleeved vibrated needle through a wound opening of less than about 2 mm, wherein the first instrument and the second instrument are separate handpieces.