PROBE TIP AND INFUSION SLEEVE FOR USE IN OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SURGERY

摘要

A phacoemulsification probe for use with eye surgery comprises a probe tip defining a channel there in the probe tip defining an opening having a first diameter for aspirating material from a surgical area long a first vector. The probe tip further defining a channel therein the channel having a second diameter greater than the first diameter of the opening. A flexible sleeve surrounding a body of the probe tip. A first end of the flexible sleeve forming a seal between the probe tip and the flexible sleeve. A remainder of the flexible sleeve defines a second channel between the body of the probe tip and the flexible sleeve. The flexible sleeve further defines an opening for injecting a fluid from the second channel into the surgical area along a second vector.