Surgical cassette

摘要

A cassette (500) is provided for use in combination with a surgical handpiece (10) and a control console (501) for controlling irrigation and/or aspiration fluid flows in the handpiece (10) having a housing (502) with an external surface and an interface (504) adapted to be held in operative association with the control console (501), an inlet coupling (506), a pump tube (518) having an inlet (512) and a discharge line (522) in fluid communication with a waste container (118) and a fluid flow passage (514) in fluid communication with the inlet coupling (506) and the pump inlet (512) consisting of an open channel formed in the external surface and a gasket (136) adhered to the external surface to seal the channel fluid-tight. The cassette is suitable for use with microsurgical instruments, such as a hand held ultrasonic microsurgical cutter as used for example in eye surgery.