Ophthalmic microsurgical system employing flash eeprom and reprogrammable modules
CA 2264040 C · Owner: Storz Instrument Company · Inventors: Painter, John A.; Knight, Jeffery Alan; Cochran, Bruce Robert
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This invention is a system for controlling a plurality of ophthalmic microsurgical instruments connected thereto. The microsurgical instruments are for use by a user such as a surgeon in performing ophthalmic surgical procedures. The system includes a data communications bus (101) and a user , interface connected to the data communications bus. The user interface provides information to the user and receives information from the user which is representative of operating parameters of the microsurgical instruments. The system also includes surgical modules (13) connected to and controlling the microsurgical instruments as a function of at least one of the operating parameters. The …
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- Filed August 28, 1997 and granted February 11, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 28, 2017.
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