Abstract: The invention is a linear transducer array having an axis of rotation parallel to the long axis of the array. Accordingly, each transducer element is analogous to the single transducer of the traditional B-scan. All the elements are pulsed in rapid sequence as the entire array is swept mechanically, and a series of B-scan planes, displaced from each other by the transducer element spacing, are created. Display control electronics interpret the multiple planes with the resultant solid volume represented in isometric or perspective views on a CRT. Ultrasonic transducer arrays of 16 or more elements can be fabricated which would cover the entire volume of the eye in a single angular sweep.

Abstract: A system for controlling a plurality of ophthalmic microsurgical instruments connected thereto. The microsurgical instruments are for use by a user such as a surgeon in performing ophthalmic surgical procedures. The system includes a data communications bus and a user interface connected to the data communications bus. The user interface provides information to the user and receives information from the user which is representative of operating parameters of the microsurgical instruments. The system also includes surgical modules connected to and controlling the microsurgical instruments as a function of at least one of the operating parameters. The surgical modules are also connected to the data communications bus. The data communications bus provides communication of data representative of the operating parameters between the user interface and the surgical modules.