Modification of an irrigation/aspiration handpiece to provide visual and tactile orientation of the aspiration port.
To perform extracapsular cataract extraction safely the surgeon must know the orientation of the aspiration port of the irrigation/aspiration handpiece at all times. I have modified a commercially available irrigation/aspiration handpiece to allow visual and tactile orientation of the aspiration port even when it is obscured by iris, blood, or cortex.
Hagan
J C
JC
Midwest Eye Institute of Kansas City, Missouri 64116.
D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D013396:Suction / Q000295:instrumentation*; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation / Q000295:instrumentation*