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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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8175869 |
Method, apparatus, and medium for classifying speech signal and method, apparatus, and medium for encoding speech signal using the same
A method, apparatus, and medium for classifying a speech signal and a method, apparatus, and medium for encoding the speech signal using the same are provided. The method for classifying a speech...
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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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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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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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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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8048065 |
Method and apparatus for eye position registering and tracking
The invention refers to A system (10) for registering and tracking the position of a person's eye, in particular for refractive ophthalmic surgery. According to the invention, the system is...
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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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8025659 |
Laser device and method for machining material using laser radiation
Disclosed is a laser device for machining material, comprising a laser beam source which supplies pulsed laser radiation, and a variable deflection unit that introduces said laser radiation into...
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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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7992569 |
Customized transition zone system and method for an ablation pattern
The present invention discloses a corneal refractive procedure providing a customized transition zone. The customized transition zone provided according to the methods and systems of the present...
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7976174 |
Method and apparatus for projecting an optical projection onto a projection surface
In a method for projecting at least one optical projection onto at least one projection surface a monitoring zone that contains and/or surrounds a first projection surface is scanned with the aid...
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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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7972325 |
Direct wavefront-based corneal ablation treatment program
A method for measuring an optical system comprises transmitting an image with the optical system. Gradients of the optical system can be determined by separating the transmitted image with a...
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7955324 |
Cornea contact system
A system for positioning the eye of a patient in alignment with a laser unit for laser surgery includes an alignment device that is mounted on the laser unit. It also includes a patient interface...
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7950398 |
Method and device for increasing an optical system focal depth
A method and device for modifying optical system properties by means of a continuously multifocal profile, wherein said profile comprises a component for increasing the optical system focal depth...
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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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7926490 |
Systems and methods for correcting high order aberrations in laser refractive surgery
Optical correction methods, devices, and systems reduce optical aberrations or inhibit refractive surgery induced aberrations. Error source control and adjustment or optimization of ablation...
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7918846 |
Method and system for laser treatment of refractive errors using offset imaging
An ophthalmological surgery system and method for performing ablative photodecomposition of the corneal surface by offset image scanning. The image of a variable aperture, such as a variable width...
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7909040 |
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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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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7887531 |
Excimer laser unit and relative control method for performing cornea ablation to reduce presbyopia
There are described an excimer laser unit and a method of controlling the unit to perform cornea ablation to reduce presbyopia, wherein the excimer laser unit is controlled to form on the cornea a...
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7887532 |
System and method for resecting corneal tissue using non-continuous initial incisions
A system and method for resecting corneal tissue is disclosed. A resection pattern is selected for resecting corneal tissue. The resection pattern is incised in a cornea using a surgical laser,...
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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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7878204 |
Methods for treating hyperopia and presbyopia via laser tunneling
A method for treating presbyopia utilizes an Erbium based, pulsed laser to sever sub-conjunctival strictures located within the scleral matrix of the eye. Introduction of treatment energy into 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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7871163 |
Method and apparatus for universal improvement of vision
“Universal improvement” of vision is achieved by effectively changing the shape of the anterior refracting surface of the cornea to an ideal “turtleback” shape, on which is imposed the necessa...
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7867223 |
Methods for treating hyperopia and presbyopia via laser tunneling
A method for treating presbyopia utilizes an Erbium based, pulsed laser to sever sub-conjunctival strictures located within the scleral matrix of the eye. Introduction of treatment energy into the...
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7863543 |
Apparatus and method for material processing using a transparent contact element
A method of preparing an apparatus for material processing by generating optical breakthroughs in an object. The apparatus includes a variable focus adjustment device. A contact element is mounted...
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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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7846152 |
Calibrating laser beam position and shape using an image capture device
The present invention provides improved methods and systems for laser beam positioning, shape profile, size profile, drift, and/or deflection calibration using an image capture device, such as a...
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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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7803153 |
Method for preventing myopia progression through identification and correction of optical aberrations
A method for at least one of preventing myopia and retarding the progression of myopia is provided. The method includes measuring optical aberrations in a human eye (42, 43, 44) and correcting the...
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7771417 |
Laser system with short pulse characteristics and its methods of use
A laser system that includes a diode pump source. A frequency doubled solid state visible laser is pumped by the diode pump source and produces a pulsed laser output with a train of pulses....
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7749216 |
Corneal surgery apparatus
A corneal surgery apparatus capable of accurately measuring a three-dimensional corneal shape in a state of being subjected to corneal ablation. The apparatus has a unit including a laser source...
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7736003 |
Diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the eye
Certain disorders of the cornea exhibit unique characteristics in a surface model of the cornea. Through various manipulations of the characteristics of the surface model of a patient's cornea,...
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7717908 |
Method patterns for intrastromal refractive surgery
A method for performing intrastromal ophthalmic laser surgery requires Laser Induced Optical Breakdown (LIOB) of stromal tissue without compromising Bowman's capsule (membrane). In detail, the...
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7717907 |
Method for intrastromal refractive surgery
A method for performing intrastromal ophthalmic laser surgery requires Laser Induced Optical Breakdown (LIOB) of stromal tissue without compromising Bowman's capsule (membrane). In detail, the...
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7704278 |
Method and apparatus for enhanced corneal accommodation
A method and apparatus related to enhancing corneal accommodation to address the effect of presbyopia. Corneal/scleral topology measurements in accommodating and non-accommodating states are...
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7699837 |
Method and system for improving vision
Methods and apparatus for improving vision incorporate the effects of biodynamical and biomechanical (biological) responses of the eye. The eye produces a biological response to trauma, such as a...
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7691099 |
Deuterated ocular solutions for LTK and other surgical eye procedures
A deuterated ocular solution is applied to an eye. The deuterated ocular solution includes deuterated water and one or more ocular drugs (such as proparacaine). A protective corneal device is...
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7665846 |
Determining optimal positioning of ophthalmic devices by use of image processing and autofocusing techniques
A system or method of positioning an ophthalmic device relative to an eye is provided. The method first obtains a series of images of an eye. In these series of images, the distance between the...
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7662147 |
Beam steering system for corneal laser surgery
A device and method for steering a laser beam to a focal point in target tissue requires generating a laser beam. Diversions of the laser beam from a central beam path are minimized by a sequential...
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