User's Manual

5 • Anterior Segment Surgery Operating Modes
WHITESTAR SIGNATURE™ System Rx Only – Z370147 Rev. C 1108 5-9
If you use CASE or OCCLUSION MODE™ Phaco, you can set different values
for both Occlusion Threshold and Max Vacuum. Refer to Fusion™ Fluidics Phaco
for programming CASE and OCCLUSION MODE™ Phaco modes.
After all four PHACO submodes are programmed; press a mode button to select
another mode.
If no other changes are needed press End Case to access the SAVE buttons and
save the settings.
WHITESTAR
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Technology
The WHITESTAR
®
Technology can be applied in any phaco power delivery
mode. This technology is an advanced phacoemulsification power mode that
delivers finely modulated pulses of energy interrupted by extremely brief cooling
periods. This technology is available in Linear or Panel mode. When the
WHITESTAR
®
delivery mode is turned on, either or appears on the touch
screen, along with the WHITESTAR
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Duty Cycle.
Figure 5.8 – WHITESTAR
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Technology
WHITESTAR
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Duty Cycles are expressed as Pulse Time On/Pulse Time Off, to
achieve a desired Duty Cycle. For example, the Duty Cycle setting 6/12 means that the
pulse time On is 6 ms, and the pulse time Off is 12 ms, resulting in a 33% duty cycle.