Fluid handling – Systems – With flow control means for branched passages
Patent
1995-05-23
1996-08-27
Fox, John C.
Fluid handling
Systems
With flow control means for branched passages
137560, F16K 1110
Patent
active
055491391
ABSTRACT:
A pneumatic control system for providing pressurized air and vacuum to ophthalmic microsurgical instruments. The pneumatic system is constructed in a drawer assembly to allow it to be readily inserted into or removed from a modularly construct ed cabinet of a microsurgical control console.
In addition, the pneumatic system improves upon existing pneumatic control systems by providing a third mode of microscissors operation from a single pneumatic port. The third mode is made possible by a high speed three-way solenoid control valve which provides rapid pulses of air to the pneumatic port.
A second improvement involves the use of a pneumatic pressure transducer to monitor pneumatic pressure being supplied to the pneumatic system in order to recognize non-hazardous transient drops in air pressure which can occur under certain normal operating conditions, A third improvement relates to the use of an intraocular pressure accumulator downstream from a final solenoid-operated pinch valve, which reduces fluctuations in air pressure and has other advantages.
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Appelbaum Peter F.
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Perkins James T.
Fox John C.
Smith Montgomery W.
Storz Instrument Company
Warmbold David A.
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