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Embodiments of systems and methods for an interface for providing a user with feedback are presented. Specifically, embodiments of such an interface may include a head-up display unit which is mounted on a microscope utilized by a user when performing a surgical procedure. The heads-up display unit

Embodiments of systems and methods for an interface for providing a user with feedback are presented. Specifically, embodiments of such an interface may include a head-up display unit which is mounted on a microscope utilized by a user when performing a surgical procedure. The heads-up display unit may include an eye-piece ring which is fitted onto or in one of the eye pieces of the microscope. The heads-up unit receives data regarding one or more parameters from a surgical console or other source and produces audio or visual feedback corresponding to a desired parameter. Any visual feedback produced may then be propagated to the eye piece ring allowing a user of the microscope to obtain the feedback when performing a surgical procedure utilizing the microscope and obviating the need to look at a screen of the surgical console to obtain such feedback. Thus, feedback is provided to a user in a non-intrusive manner such that the user can obtain this feedback without distracting from a surgical procedure.

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What is claimed is: 1. A device for presenting information in conjunction with a surgical console, comprising:a heads-up display configured to be mounted to a microscope; the heads-up display comprising:an eye-piece ring operable to be fitted to or inside an eye-piece of the microscope;a body couple

What is claimed is: 1. A device for presenting information in conjunction with a surgical console, comprising:a heads-up display configured to be mounted to a microscope; the heads-up display comprising:an eye-piece ring operable to be fitted to or inside an eye-piece of the microscope;a body coupled to the eye-piece ring through a translucent solid material, wherein the body of the heads-up display is operable to receive data regarding a set of surgical parameters from a surgical console and present feedback corresponding to each of the set of parameters to a user;wherein the feedback corresponding to a first parameter of the set of surgical parameters is visual feedback presented through the eye-piece ring, wherein the visual feedback is transmitted to the eye-piece ring through the translucent solid material coupling the eye-piece ring to the body of the heads-up display; andwherein the eye-piece ring comprises a ring surrounding a transparent region configured to allow light to pass through the eye-piece ring such that the visual feedback may be presented through the ring without impeding light traveling through the transparent region of the ring.