DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING ATTITUDE AND ALIGNMENT OF A SURGICAL CASSETTE

A phacoemulsification system, comprising: a cassette comprising positioning surfaces; and a console comprising: a cassette receiver configured to couple with the positioning surfaces of the cassette; and two potentiometers mounted within an area defined by the cassette receiver, wherein the potentio...

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Hauptverfasser: ROSS, Mark, W, GERG, James, HICKEY, Lauren, M, LYNN, Kyle
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:A phacoemulsification system, comprising: a cassette comprising positioning surfaces; and a console comprising: a cassette receiver configured to couple with the positioning surfaces of the cassette; and two potentiometers mounted within an area defined by the cassette receiver, wherein the potentiometers are each suitable for depression by a respective one of the positioning surfaces, and wherein an extent of the depressions is indicative of at least one of an alignment and an attitude of said cassette with respect to the cassette receiver.