Eye treatment apparatus and method with independent pressure sources

1. A system to control a left cavity fluid pressure in a left cavity formed using a left cover over an anterior surface of a patient left eye and to control a right cavity fluid pressure in a right cavity formed using a right cover over an anterior surface of a patient right eye with a pressure source couplable to at least one of the left cavity or the right cavity, the system comprising:

control circuitry, couplable to the pressure source, the control circuitry configured to control the pressure source to independently adjust each of left cavity fluid pressure and right cavity fluid pressure,

wherein the control circuitry includes a pressure source logic circuit configured to generate a system fault when a difference between an indication of a left eye environment and an indication of a right eye environment exceeds a safety level.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a differential sensor, in communication with the control circuitry, configured to sense the difference between the indication of the left eye environment and the indication of the right eye environment, wherein the differential sensor is in communication with the left cavity and the right cavity.

3. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a differential pressure sensor, in communication with the control circuitry, configured to sense a difference between an indication of left cavity fluid pressure and an indication of right cavity fluid pressure, wherein the differential pressure sensor is in communication with the left cavity and the right cavity.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the pressure source comprises a left pressure source, in communication with the left cavity and a right pressure source, in communication with the right cavity.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein at least one of the left pressure source or the right pressure source includes at least one pump to generate a target cavity fluid pressure level in at least one of the left cavity or the right cavity using a control signal from the control circuitry that is based at least in part upon an operation state of at least one of the left pressure source or the right pressure source.

6. The system of claim 1 , comprising a system sensor including:

a left cavity sensor, in communication with the left cavity, to sense an indication of a left eye environment in the left cavity;

a right cavity sensor, in communication with the right cavity, to sense an indication of a right eye environment in the right cavity; and

a redundant sensor configured to sense at least one of the indication of the left eye environment, the indication of the right eye environment, or an indication of a relationship between the indication of the left eye environment and the indication of the right eye environment.

7. The system of claim 1 , comprising a system sensor located remote from each of the left cavity and the right cavity and in fluidic communication with at least one of the left cavity or the right cavity.

8. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a multi-lumen conduit in fluid communication with at least one of the left cavity or the right cavity.

9. The system of claim 8 , the conduit including a pressure apply lumen and a pressure sense lumen, wherein the conduit is configured to interrupt patency of the pressure apply lumen before interrupting patency of the pressure sense lumen during bending.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the control circuitry is configured to process an indication of an operation state of at the pressure source to generate a target cavity fluid pressure level in at least one of the left cavity or the right cavity.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the control circuitry is configured to generate a target cavity fluid pressure level in at least one of the left cavity or the right cavity based upon a relationship between fluid pressure and fluid flow.

12. The system of claim 1 , comprising the control circuitry configured for independently establishing left cavity fluid pressure and right cavity fluid pressure based upon an indication of at least one of an intraocular pressure (IOP), a cerebrospinal fluid pressure (CSF), or a translaminar pressure difference (TPD).

13. The system of claim 1 , comprising a left passive cavity check valve, in communication with the left cavity, configured to limit left cavity fluid pressure in the left cavity to a left cracking pressure and a right passive cavity check valve, in communication with the right cavity, configured to limit right cavity fluid pressure in the right cavity to a right cracking pressure.

14. The system of claim 1 , comprising a left active cavity check valve, in communication with the left cavity and the control circuitry, configured to limit left cavity fluid pressure in the left cavity to a left cracking pressure and a right active cavity check valve, in communication with the right cavity, configured to limit right cavity fluid pressure in the right cavity to a right cracking pressure.

15. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

the left cover, being sized and shaped to fit over the left eye of the patient to define the left cavity between the left cover and the anterior surface of the left eye;

the right cover, being sized and shaped to fit over the right eye of the patient to define the right cavity between the right cover and the anterior surface of the right eye.

16. A method to control a left cavity eye environment in a left cavity formed using a left cover over an anterior surface of a patient left eye and to control a right cavity eye environment in a right cavity formed using a right cover over an anterior surface of a patient right eye with a pressure source couplable to at least one of the left cavity or the right cavity and control circuitry couplable to the pressure source, the control circuitry including a pressure source logic circuit configured to generate a system fault, the method comprising:

receiving an indication of a difference between an indication of a left eye environment and an indication of a right eye environment with a differential sensor in communication with the left cavity, the right cavity, and the control circuitry; and

generating a system fault with the pressure source logic circuit based on at least one of the indication of the left eye environment or the indication of the right eye environment.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

receiving an indication of a setpoint level with the control circuitry; and

adjusting the pressure source toward the setpoint level.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein receiving an indication of a setpoint level includes receiving an indication of at least one of a left physiological parameter associated with the left patient eye or an indication of a right physiological parameter associated with the right patient eye; and

wherein adjusting includes adjusting toward at least one of a left target cavity pressure in the left cavity or a right target cavity pressure in the right cavity.

19. The method of claim 17 , wherein receiving an indication of a setpoint level includes receiving an indication of at least one of an indication of a left intraocular pressure (IOP) in the left patient eye and an indication of a right IOP in the right patient eye; and

wherein adjusting includes adjusting toward at least one of a left target IOP cavity pressure in the left cavity or a right target IOP cavity pressure in the right cavity.

20. The method of claim 16 , wherein receiving includes receiving an indication of a difference between an indication of left cavity fluid pressure and an indication of right cavity fluid pressure with the differential sensor; and

wherein generating includes generating a system fault after the indication of the difference between the indication of the left cavity fluid pressure and the indication of the right cavity fluid pressure exceeds a relationship safety pressure level.