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8182472 |
Intrastromal refractive correction systems and methods
Devices, systems, and methods for laser eye surgery selectively ablate tissues within the cornea of an eye along one or more target surfaces, so that corneal tissue bordered by the laser incision...
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8182471 |
Intrastromal refractive correction systems and methods
Devices, systems, and methods for laser eye surgery selectively ablate tissues within the cornea of an eye along one or more target surfaces, so that corneal tissue bordered by the laser incision...
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8177777 |
Soft tip cannula and methods for use thereof
A surgical device having a body portion that is gripped by a user, the body portion having a distal end equipped with a soft tip and the proximal end optionally connected to an external vacuum or...
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8162927 |
Method and apparatus for accommodating intraocular lens
A method of replacing a natural lens in an eye is presented. The method includes removing the natural lens while leaving the capsular bag substantially intact, removing a portion of the capsular...
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8152798 |
Surgical variable-angle illuminator
A variable-angle, wide-angle illuminator is disclosed, one embodiment being a small-gauge, variable-angle illumination surgical system comprising: a light source for providing a light beam; an...
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8142423 |
System and method for incising material
Systems and methods of incising a portion of a material include creating a sub-surface separation in a region of the material, and incising a periphery of the region with a pulsed laser beam to...
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8123729 |
Treatment of ocular disease
The invention relates to a novel apparatus for the treatment of ocular disease, particularly glaucoma. The apparatus consists of a locating device to locate Schlemm's Canal within the anterior...
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8123357 |
Wavefront propagation from one plane to another
The present invention provides methods, systems and software for scaling optical aberration measurements of optical systems. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method of...
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8118806 |
Eye-contact element
An optical eye-contact element is disclosed that is at least partly translucent, the optical eye-contact element giving rise to a wavefront error of at most about λ/2, preferentially at most about ...
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8114067 |
Laser induced reduction of visual acuity
A system for laser induced reduction of visual acuity suitable for crowd control and disabling of individuals uses an eye-safe pulsed IR source in which a laser beam is imaged onto the cornea of an...
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8105321 |
Apparatus for treating age-related macular degeneration (ARMD)
Apparatus for treating age-related macular degeneration, the apparatus comprising a light source which, in operation, serves to emit a therapeutic light beam presenting an emission wavelength lying...
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8092446 |
Device and method for material processing by means of laser radiation
In a device for material processing by laser radiation, including a source of laser radiation emitting pulsed laser radiation for interaction with the material; optics focusing the pulsed...
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8088124 |
System and method for precise beam positioning in ocular surgery
A system and method for ocular surgery includes a delivery system for generating and guiding a surgical laser beam to a focal point in a treatment area of an eye. Additionally, a contact device is...
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8083731 |
Apparatus and method for laser treatment of a biological material
An apparatus for laser processing of a material, in particular the eye cornea, emits on to the material a train (18′) of laser radiation pulses having a pulse duration in the femtosecond range. T...
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8079367 |
Training enhanced pseudo accommodation methods, systems and devices for mitigation of presbyopia
Devices, systems, and methods for developing prescriptions for and/or treating presbyopia may use a combination of an alteration to the refractive tissues of the eye with changes in the response of...
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8075552 |
System and method for preparation of donor corneal tissue
A system and method for preparation of donor corneal tissue is disclosed. The system includes two surgical lasers. The first surgical laser is adapted to incise a recipient cornea to enable...
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8070734 |
Arrangement for the removal of waste products during the ablation of biological tissue
The invention relates to an arrangement for the removal of waste products, such as smoke and tissue particles, arising during the ablation of biological tissue by means of laser irradiation....
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8066696 |
Ophthalmic laser treatment apparatus
An ophthalmic laser treatment apparatus, which allows SLT to be performed by a laser source not having a Q-switch which emits a continuous wave laser beam, has a laser source capable of emitting a...
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8062260 |
Trocar cannula device with retention feature
A trocar cannula is disclosed. The trocar cannula comprises a cannula having at least one tab member formed therein. Each tab member is configured to provide a retention force between the cannula...
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8057037 |
Transformation methods of wavefront maps from one vertex distance to another
The present invention provides methods, systems and software for scaling optical aberration measurements of optical systems. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method of...
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8056564 |
Methods for treating eye conditions
Architectures and techniques for treating conditions of the eye, such as presbyopia, utilize sources of treatment energy, such as electromagnetic energy emitting devices, to implement non-corneal...
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8057463 |
Adaptive pattern correction for laser scanners
A system for adaptive laser scanning correction includes a laser scanner coupled to a controller. The controller develops control signals for the laser scanner for a directed scan pattern that is...
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8052674 |
Laser system for vision correction
A laser system for treating an eye having a cornea, the laser system including a laser beam source capable of generating a laser beam, an eye position detector which includes at least a corneal...
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8050745 |
Methods and systems for enhanced medical procedure visualization
The present invention employs image intensification for medical procedures within the human body. Methods and systems of the invention utilize infrared radiation (e.g. greater than about 750 nm)...
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8034369 |
Controlled release bioactive agent delivery device
The invention provides a controlled release bioactive agent delivery device for treatment of an eye that includes a body member having a direction of extension, a longitudinal axis along the...
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8029499 |
Endprobe for intraocular treatment of the eye
An endoprobe for ophthalmic microsurgery for intraocular treatment of the eye and that affords a surgeon good visibility regardless of the distance from the treatment site in the eye. The endoprobe...
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8029500 |
Control program and method for ophthalmologic surgery
The present invention relates to a method for generating a control program for ophthalmologic LASIK surgery, with which a pulsed laser system (12, 14, 16) can be controlled for the photodisruptive...
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8021680 |
Controlled release bioactive agent delivery device
The invention provides a controlled release bioactive agent delivery device that includes a body member having a direction of extension, a longitudinal axis along the direction of extension, and a...
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8012146 |
Extending small-gauge illuminator
A variable-rigidity, small-gauge illuminator is disclosed, one embodiment being a small-gauge illumination surgical system comprising: a light source for providing a light beam; an optical cable,...
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8006702 |
Selective photocoagulation
A method of scanning a laser beam across a set of cells includes during a first interval, scanning a laser beam across a set of cells; and during a second interval, deflecting the laser beam away...
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7997279 |
Methods for treating eye conditions
Architectures and techniques for treating conditions of the eye, such as presbyopia, utilize sources of treatment energy, such as electromagnetic energy emitting devices, to implement non-corneal...
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7998135 |
Device and method for ophthalmologically treating the eye using a fixation light beam
A device for ophthalmologically treating the eye has a treatment laser beam (UV) for ablating parts of the cornea (12) and a fixation light beam (24). A fixation light spot in the vicinity of the...
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7976155 |
Adapter for coupling a laser processing device to an object
An adapter to be applied in contact with an anterior corneal surface. The adapter includes a contact glass portion having a corneal contact surface curvature that is flatter than the undeformed...
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7976862 |
Controlled release bioactive agent delivery device
The invention provides implantable sustained release bioactive agent delivery devices that include a body member having a direction of extension, a longitudinal axis along the direction of...
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7967017 |
Methods for treating eye conditions
Architectures and techniques for treating conditions of the eye, such as presbyopia, utilize sources of treatment energy, such as electromagnetic energy emitting devices, to implement non-corneal...
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7956341 |
System and method of non-invasive continuous level sensing using a linear sensor array
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for detecting the level of a fluid in a surgical cassette by projecting light from a linear light source into a wall of a cassette....
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7931374 |
Wavefront propagation from one plane to another
The present invention provides methods, systems and software for scaling optical aberration measurements of optical systems. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method of...
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7931644 |
Operator-controlled scanning laser procedure designed for large-area epithelium removal
Systems and methods for removing an epithelial layer disposed over a stromal layer in a cornea irradiate a region of the epithelial layer with a pulsed beam of ablative radiation. The ablative...
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7921852 |
Method and device for forming curved sections in a transparent material
The invention relates to a method for forming curved sections in a transparent material, especially in a cornea, by producing optical breaks at various points in the material by means of pulsed...
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7909816 |
Directional probe treatment apparatus
A treatment apparatus includes a cannula with a cannula lumen. The cannula has a first average diameter. A probe is positionable in the cannula lumen. The probe has a first section with a second...
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7892227 |
Corneal topography-based target warping system
Systems and methods for treating a tissue of an eye with a laser beam include at least one processor that determines angles between a curved surface and a laser beam, controlling an ablative...
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7892226 |
Method of corneal surgery by laser incising a contoured corneal flap
A method of corneal laser surgery is disclosed. A first periphery is defined at an anterior surface of the cornea. This first periphery bounds a first planar area. A second periphery is defined...
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7892225 |
Devices and methods for separating layers of materials having different ablation thresholds
A method and device for photoablation is disclosed wherein photoablation occurs along the interface between a material having a lower energy ablation threshold and a material having a higher energy...
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7891363 |
Methods for treating eye conditions
Architectures and techniques for treating conditions of the eye, such as presbyopia, utilize sources of treatment energy, such as electromagnetic energy emitting devices, to implement non-corneal...
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7883505 |
Integrated surgical microscope and wavefront sensor
A wavefront sensor is integrated with a surgical microscope for allowing a doctor to make repeated wavefront measurements of a patient's eye while the patient remains on an operating table in the...
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7871404 |
System and method for treating connective tissue
A method and system of treating connective tissue to alter the biomechanical and fundamental properties of the connective tissue by forming perforations in the connective tissue to at least 90% of...
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7867205 |
Method of delivering an implant for treating an ocular disorder
Surgical methods and related medical devices for treating ocular disorders are disclosed. Some methods relate to delivering an implant within an eye, and involve providing an elongate guide device,...
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7846151 |
Medical laser apparatus
A medical laser apparatus for irradiating an affected tissue with a laser beam to treat the affected tissue, comprises: a laser source unit which emits an infrared beam as a fundamental wave having...
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7842030 |
Device and method for detection of eye movements
In a device for detecting eye movements, used in an eye-surgical instrument, which deflects a pulsed treatment laser beam over the cornea in order to form cut areas in the cornea of the eye, and...
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7836893 |
Method for stabilizing delivered laser energy
Systems and methods provide for stabilizing the amount of laser energy delivered to a target from a laser device. Generally, delivered laser energy is measured over multiple laser pulses or over...
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