US 12,329,680 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. 17/305,507.
Application 17/305,507 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 2021/0330496 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)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for treating an eye of a patient, the method comprising:
providing a surgical handpiece comprising a tip, wherein the tip comprises a needle and a sleeve, wherein the needle and the sleeve are located at a distal end of the surgical handpiece, wherein the sleeve includes a lumen extending therethrough and the needle is disposed at least partially within the lumen, and wherein the sleeve is configured to be movable between a first position and a second position along a length of the tip;
moving an actuator in a first direction to place the sleeve into the first position, wherein the sleeve is placed into the first position to support phacoemulsification during the treatment of the eye; and
moving the actuator in a second direction to place the sleeve into the second position, wherein the sleeve is placed into the second position to support irrigation and aspiration during the treatment of the eye.