ADJUSTABLE FOOT PEDAL CONTROL FOR OPHTHALMIC SURGERY

• Main Authors: Gerg, James, de Silva, Praveen, Tran, Tuan (tom) M
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 19.04.2017
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; ELECTRICITY; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; SURGERY; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

A foot pedal control for a surgical system (e.g., an ophthalmic surgery system) that adjusts to a number of different sizes of user's shoes. The foot pedal control has a treadle on which a user places his or her foot and a sensor that tracks the movements thereof. Adjustable lateral guides moun...