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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110202046 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED PLACEMENT OF SCANNED LASER CAPSULORHEXIS INCISIONS Systems and methods are described for cataract intervention. In one embodiment a system comprises a laser source configured to produce a treatment beam comprising a plurality of laser pulses; an integrated optical system comprising an imaging assembly operatively couple... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110196350 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLASMA-MEDIATED MODIFICATION OF TISSUE A system for cataract surgery on an eye of a patient is described. In one embodiment, the system comprises a first laser source configured to deliver a first laser beam in a pulsed form at a first pulse energy; a second laser source configured to deliver a second laser ... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110178512 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PATTERNED PLASMA-MEDIATED LASER TREPHINATION OF THE LENS CAPSULE AND THREE DIMENSIONAL PHACO-SEGMENTATION System and method for making incisions in eye tissue at different depths. The system and method focuses light, possibly in a pattern, at various focal points which are at various depths within the eye tissue. A segmented lens can be used to create multiple focal points ... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110160711 | LASER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORRECTION OF INDUCED ASTIGMATISM There is provided a system, apparatus and methods for developing laser systems that can create precise predetermined clear corneal incisions that are capable of reducing induced astigmatism. The systems, apparatus and methods further provide laser systems that can provi... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110160710 | LASER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING AND SEALING CORNEAL INCISIONS IN THE EYE There is provided a system, apparatus and methods for developing laser systems that can create precise predetermined self-sealing incisions in the cornea. The systems, apparatus and methods further provide laser systems that can provide these incisions in conjunction wi... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110118713 | Variable Stage Optical System For Ophthalmic Surgical Laser Systems and techniques for providing variable scanning control in delivering a laser beam of laser pulses to a surgical target are provided. The described systems and techniques can be used for laser surgery within the anterior segment of the eye and the crystalline len... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110077626 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE GLAUCOMA SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD Apparatuses and methods for the treatment of glaucoma are provided. The instrument uses either cauterization, a laser to ablate, sonic or ultrasonic energy to emulsify, or mechanical cutting of a portion of the trabecular meshwork. The instrument may also be provided wi... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110028958 | Optical System for Ophthalmic Surgical Laser An ophthalmic laser system includes a laser source, to generate a pulsed laser beam, an XY scanner, to receive the pulsed laser beam, and to output an XY-scanning beam, scanned in two directions essentially transverse to an optical axis, and a multi-functional Z scanner... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110028957 | Optical System for Ophthalmic Surgical Laser A laser system for ophthalmic surgery includes a laser source to produce a surgical pulsed laser beam, an XY scanner to XY scan the surgical pulsed laser beam in transverse directions, a Z scanner, to Z scan the XY scanned surgical laser beam along an optical axis, one ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110028884 | OCULAR PRESSURE REGULATION Disclosed are devices and methods of treating an ocular disorder including forming a self-sealing incision in a cornea into an anterior chamber of an eye; introducing through the incision a fluid drainage tube having a distal end, a proximal end and a longitudinal, inte... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20100324542 | Method to Guide a Cataract Procedure by Corneal Imaging A method of performing a cataract procedure may include the steps of: imaging one or more corneal marks created by a corneal procedure, determining corneal location information regarding a location of a treatment region of the corneal procedure based on the imaged corne... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100324543 | Method And Apparatus For Integrating Cataract Surgery With Glaucoma Or Astigmatism Surgery A method for integrated eye surgery can include determining a cataract-target region in a lens of the eye; applying cataract-laser pulses to photodisrupt a portion of the determined cataract-target region; determining a glaucoma-target region or an astigmatism-target re... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100137850 | Method For Patterned Plasma-Mediated Modification Of The Crystalline Lens A method of treating a lens of a patient's eye includes generating a light beam, deflecting the light beam using a scanner to form a treatment pattern of the light beam, delivering the treatment pattern to the lens of a patient's eye to create a plurality of cuts in the... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100076419 | Contact Probe for the Delivery of Laser Energy Systems, devices, and methods for treating a glaucomatous eye are provided. An amount of pulsed laser energy is delivered to the pars plana of the eye by a hand-holdable device which comprises a hand-holdable elongate member and a contact member disposed on an end of th... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100022996 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING A BUBBLE SHIELD FOR LASER LENS PROCEDURES There is provided a system and method for creating a layer of bubbles in the posterior portion of the lens of the eye. This layer of bubbles in the posterior portion of the lens functions as a shield protection structures of the eye that are located posteriorly from the... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20090171326 | Medical Device and Method A medical device comprising a lens epithelial cell deactivation unit adapted for selectively deactivating lens epithelial cells of an eye.... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090171327 | Photodisruptive Laser Treatment of the Crystalline Lens Apparatus and methods of treating a hard lens region of an eye with a laser where one method includes identifying a boundary of the hard lens region, selecting a laser-parameter to enable a photodisruptive procedure in the hard lens region and to control a spreading of ... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090137993 | Methods and Apparatus for Integrated Cataract Surgery Techniques, apparatus and systems for cataract surgery. Implementation of the described techniques, apparatus and systems includes a method for cataract eye surgery is presented, including: determining a surgical target region in a lens of the eye and applying laser pul... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090137991 | Methods and Apparatus for Laser Treatment of the Crystalline Lens Methods and apparatus for laser treatment of the crystalline lens. Implementations of the described methods and apparatus include a laser treatment of a lens of an eye includes defining a target boundary of a target region in the lens, applying surgical laser pulses to ... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090137992 | Apparatus and Method for Treating Glaucoma An irrigating probe for providing a flow of liquid to the trabecular meshwork of the eye has a first, guide prong that contacts the cornea to position a second, irrigator prong proximate the trabecular meshwork. The irrigator prong has at least one outlet port communica... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090012507 | METHOD FOR PATTERNED PLASMA-MEDIATED MODIFICATION OF THE CRYSTALLINE LENS A method of treating a lens of a patient's eye includes generating a light beam, deflecting the light beam using a scanner to form a treatment pattern of the light beam, delivering the treatment pattern to the lens of a patient's eye to create a plurality of cuts in the... | 01/08/2009 |
| 20080281303 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING OCULAR SURGICAL AND RELAXING INCISIONS A system and method of treating target tissue in a patient's eye, which includes generating a light beam, deflecting the light beam using a scanner to form first and second treatment patterns, delivering the first treatment pattern to the target tissue to form an incisi... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080161781 | Apparatus and Processes For Preventing or Delaying Onset or Progression of Age-Related Cataract The present invention generally relates to apparatus and processes for preventing or delaying cataract. More particularly, the present invention relates to processes and apparatus for ablating epithelial cells in the germinative zone or the pregerminative zone of the cr... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080082078 | GLAUCOMA SURGERY METHODS AND SYSTEMS Methods and systems are disclosed for creating an aqueous flow pathway in the trabecular meshwork, juxtacanalicular trabecular meshwork and Schlemm's canal of an eye for reducing elevated intraocular pressure. Some embodiments described apparatus and methods useful in p... | 04/03/2008 |
| 20080004610 | System for calculating IOL power The present invention relates to methods and apparatus to improve human ophthalmic surgery patient wellness and surgical procedural outcome of both indicated cataract surgery and elective surgeries with the implantation of permanent standard intraocular lens (IOL) and n... | 01/03/2008 |
| 20070213693 | SELECTIVE OPHTHALMIC LASER TREATMENT An ophthalmic laser system which produces controlled bursts of laser pulses and incorporates a system control processor that calculates the likely tissue effects and the total treatment time based on selected laser treatment parameters. The system incorporates a graphic... | 09/13/2007 |
| 20070093794 | Device, system and method for dual-path ophthalmic device This invention relates to a dual-path ophthalmic laser system designed for use by ophthalmologists for performing Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty (SLT) and Photodisruptive Procedure (PD) for the treatment of glaucoma and secondary cataract, respectively. ... | 04/26/2007 |
| 20070073275 | Ophthalmic microsurgical instruments Ophthalmic microsurgical instruments may be directly inserted into Schlemm's Canal to allow controlled treatment or removal of adjacent tissues such as the trabecular meshwork or the juxtacanalicular tissues to affect an increase in aqueous outflow and the reduction of ... | 03/29/2007 |
| 20060200113 | Liquid jet for glaucoma treatment Methods of treating glaucoma are described including treatment of an eye with a liquid jet. The liquid jet can be generated by a laser-induced liquid jet instrument which is inserted through an incision in an eye. A stent can also be used, the stent having an inflow por... | 09/07/2006 |
| 20060173446 | Surgical apparatus A technique can be used increase the flow of fluid through the trabecular meshwork. The fluid pulses can be focused, thereby perforating the trabecular meshwork, or applied over a larger area so as to stimulate the trabecular meshwork for improved fluid transport. In ad... | 08/03/2006 |
| 20060084952 | Device for the irradiation of the ciliary body of the eye A device is disclosed for the localized irradiation of the whole or a large part of the ciliary body of an eye. The device includes one or more optical sources and a system for the delivery of a complete or partially annular distribution of radiation to the eye. ... | 04/20/2006 |
| 20050192563 | Delivery system for post-operative power adjustment of adjustable lens A method and instrument to irradiate a light adjustable lens, for example, inside a human eye, with an appropriate amount of radiation in an appropriate pattern by measuring aberrations in the system containing the lens; aligning a source of the modifying radiation so a... | 09/01/2005 |
| 20050055015 | Laser delivery device incorporationg a plurality of laser source optical fibers A laser system has at least a first laser source and a second laser source. At least a first fiber is coupled to the first laser source. At least a second fiber is coupled to the second laser source. A fiber switching device is coupled to the first and second fibers. Th... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050043722 | Methods and apparatus for treatment of eye disorders using articulated-arm-coupled ultraviolet lasers Surgical method and apparatus for presbyopia correction and glaucoma by laser removal of the sclera tissue are disclosed. The disclosed preferred embodiments of the system consists of a beam spot controller, an articulated arm and an attached end-piece. The basic laser ... | 02/24/2005 |
| 20050038417 | Tip Assembly A tip assembly for a liquefaction surgical handpiece. The tip assembly has an inner connector and an outer cap. The outer cap contains an external thread for attaching the tip assembly to a handpiece. The inner housing contains an alignment tab and fits within the outer... | 02/17/2005 |
