MULTIFUNCTION SURGICAL FOOTSWITCH

摘要

A multifunction surgical footswitch and an ophthalmic surgical system are disclosed, one embodiment of the surgical footswitch comprising: a base assembly, wherein the base assembly comprises a shroud and a heel plate; a stand-by/ready switch attached to the base assembly and operable to provide a stand-by/ready control signal to switch a laser between a stand-by and a ready state; and a firing switch attached to the base assembly and operable to provide a firing control signal to fire the laser. The surgical footswitch can further comprise an interface communicatively coupled to the firing switch and the stand-by/ready switch and operable to communicate the firing and the stand-by/ready control signals to the laser. The laser can be operably coupled to a surgical console operable to control the laser, and the interface can be operable to communicatively couple the surgical footswitch to the surgical console and to communicate the firing and the stand-by/ready control signals to the surgical console. The interface can be a wired or a wireless interface. The surgical console can be operable to control the laser based on the firing and the stand- by/ready control signals. The stand-by/ready switch can be attached to an inner surface of the shroud and positioned so that it can be actuated by an operator's foot, such as by an upward movement of the operator's foot. The heel plate is constructed and arranged so as to be beneath the operator's heel and operable to keep the base assembly in contact with a surface beneath the base assembly in response to downward pressure from the operator's heel. The surgical footswitch can further comprise a lift sensor assembly operable to detect lifting of the base assembly from the surface and to deactivate the first switch based on the detected lifting.