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The control system is programmable by the user by inserting a preprogrammed key into the system console. The key changes the default values normally used by the control system to those values selected by a particular surgeon. The control console thus emulates the performance characteristics of a wid

The control system is programmable by the user by inserting a preprogrammed key into the system console. The key changes the default values normally used by the control system to those values selected by a particular surgeon. The control console thus emulates the performance characteristics of a wide variety of different types of microsurgical control systems, leaving the surgeon free to perform the operation without having to adjust to a new or unfamilar system. The display screen is self-illuminating and provides a plurality of control menus generated by data stored in computer memory circuits. By bank switching the memory circuits, the display can be caused to appear in a wide variety of different languages.

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A microsurgical control system for controlling a fluid pressure controlled microsurgical instrument, comprising: pressure control means for coupling to a microsurgical instrument and for providing a controlled fluid pressure signal to said instrument; digitally programmed electronic circuit means co

A microsurgical control system for controlling a fluid pressure controlled microsurgical instrument, comprising: pressure control means for coupling to a microsurgical instrument and for providing a controlled fluid pressure signal to said instrument; digitally programmed electronic circuit means coupled to said pressure control means for defining at least two different sets of response characteristics, each set of response characteristics comprising a predefined relationship in which a plurality of different input values each bears a one to one relationship to a corresponding output value; said electronic circuit means including means for selecting one of said different sets of response characteristics as the active set of response characteristics; actuator means coupled with said electronic circuit means for providing an input value to said electronic circuit means in response to human actuation; said electronic circuit means determining an output value from said input value in accordance with said active set of response characteristics and using said output value so determined to control the pressure provided to said instrument.