US 12,257,185 B2
Convertible phacoemulsification I/A sleeve and mechanical activation mechanism
Harkirat S. Jandu, Tustin, CA (US); and Mark W. Ross, Costa Mesa, CA (US)
Assigned to Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc., Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by JOHNSON & JOHNSON SURGICAL VISION, INC., Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/305,508.
Application 17/305,508 is a division of application No. 16/005,519, filed on Jun. 11, 2018, granted, now 11,058,578.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/519,786, filed on Jun. 14, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0330497 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 9/00 (2006.01); A61F 9/007 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 9/00745 (2013.01) [A61F 9/00736 (2013.01); A61M 1/85 (2021.05); A61B 2017/320084 (2013.01); A61B 2218/002 (2013.01); A61B 2218/007 (2013.01); A61M 1/774 (2021.05)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical handpiece, comprising:
a hub attached to the handpiece;
a sleeve positioned over an outer portion of the hub, wherein the sleeve is configured to be slidably moved in a first direction and a second direction along a length of the handpiece; and
a needle at least partially resident within the hub and the sleeve, wherein the needle is maintained at a fixed position relative to the handpiece, and wherein the hub includes a slidable portion.