ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,372, issued on April 7, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).
"Methods and systems for controlling aspiration flow rate" was invented by Raphael Gordon (Ladera Ranch, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a surgical system comprising a pump motor configured to couple to a pump for pumping material through a probe, wherein the probe is connected to the pump through a connector. The surgical system also comprises a control module configured to determine a real-time flow rate through the probe and adjust a current pump rate of the pump to achieve a target flow rate, wherein...