CPC A61M 1/77 (2021.05) [A61B 17/32 (2013.01); A61M 3/0202 (2021.05); A61M 3/0208 (2014.02); A61M 3/022 (2014.02); A61M 3/0258 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00199 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00212 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00225 (2013.01); A61B 17/32002 (2013.01); A61M 1/772 (2021.05); A61M 2205/3334 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3569 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3592 (2013.01); A61M 2205/502 (2013.01); A61M 2205/505 (2013.01)] | 10 Claims |
1. A surgical system comprising:
a peristaltic pump releasably engageable relative to tubing, which is to be in fluid communication with an irrigation conduit of a selected surgical instrument to define an irrigation pathway from a fluid source through the tubing and the irrigation conduit; and
a control mechanism configured to enable selection of a fluid flow rate through the irrigation pathway, wherein the fluid flow rate is an independent variable and the control mechanism is configurable to control the fluid flow rate via:
a first mode in which the fluid flow rate is selectable for the selected surgical instrument as one of a plurality of selectable digital numeric values, the plurality of selectable digital numeric values corresponding with a set of associated selectable surgical instruments; and
a second mode in which the fluid flow rate is selectable for the selected surgical instrument via an alphanumeric identifier within a scale of alphanumeric identifiers, wherein each respective alphanumeric identifier of the scale of alphanumeric identifiers directly corresponds to a different size of a respective one of the set of associated selectable surgical instruments.
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