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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 in the range 1.2 μm to 1.3 μm, and preferably equal to 1.26 μm to... | 01/31/2012 |
| 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 resection of recipient corneal tissue. The second surgical laser is adapted ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 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 continuous wave visible laser beam to be absorbed into pigment cells ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 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 includes a stainless steel cannula enclosing one or more optical fib... | 10/04/2011 |
| 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 average diameter and a second section with a third average diameter tha... | 03/22/2011 |
| 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 surgical position. The device includes a wavefront sensor optically al... | 02/08/2011 |
| 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 a spectral bandwidth; a wavelength demultiplexing optical system whi... | 12/07/2010 |
| 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 thus forms a sequence of optical breakthroughs in or on the cornea, whe... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7815631 | Eye registration system for refractive surgery and associated methods An orientation method for corrective eye surgery that registers pairs of eye images taken at different times and with the patient in different positions includes retrieving reference digital image data on an eye of the patient, including image data on an extracornea... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7794453 | Apparatus for treating age-related maculopathy (arm) 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 in the range 1.2 μm to 1.3 μm, and preferably equal to 1.26 μm to... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7780653 | Methods and apparatus for vision correction Methods and apparatus/articles of manufacture for improving or correcting vision in an eye of a human or animal subject. A quantity of corneal tissue is removed from the subject's eye. Thereafter, a corneal cap is affixed to the anterior surface of the subject's eye... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7766903 | Patterned laser treatment of the retina Patterned laser treatment of the retina is provided. A visible alignment pattern having at least two separated spots is projected onto the retina. By triggering a laser subsystem, doses of laser energy are automatically provided to at least two treatment locations c... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7744590 | Red to near-infrared photobiomodulation treatment of the visual system in visual system disease or injury A method of treating visual system disease is disclosed. One embodiment comprises the steps of (a) exposing a component of a patient's visual system to light treatment, wherein the light treatment is characterized by wavelength of between 630-1000 nm and power inten... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7717905 | Time-resolved scanning patterns for intrastromal surgery A system and method for performing laser induced optical breakdown (LIOB) in corneal tissue of an eye requires calculating a pattern of focal spots. LIOB is then induced at a first focal spot, and is continued at a plurality of interim focal spots within a time peri... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7717906 | System and method for photoablation using multiple focal points with rotating beam splitter A system and method for performing ophthalmic surgery requires splitting a laser beam into a pattern having a plurality of focal points. The pattern is then moved along a spiral path according to a predetermined, two-phase protocol. In the first phase, a radial spac... | 05/18/2010 |
| 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 arrangement of optical steering components. In order, the beam is fi... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7611507 | Disposable patient interface A patient interface device adapted to provide an interface between a cornea and a surgical laser system. A frame has an applanation end and an attachment end which is adapted to couple to the surgical laser system. A skirt is affixed to the applanation end of the fr... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7479136 | Ophthalmic phototherapy treatment method An ophthalmic phototherapy device (10) and associated phototherapy treatment method for promoting healing of damaged or diseased eye tissue. The ophthalmic phototherapy device (10) includes a light emitting mechanism (12) for transmitting light ... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7470269 | Ophthalmic surgery light transmitting apparatus An ophthalmic surgery light transmitting apparatus has an optic fiber having a flexible length with a light source connector mounted on one end of the optic fiber and the opposite end of the optic fiber being adapted to be mounted to an ophthalmic surgery instrument... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7465299 | Monitoring of retinal temperature during laser therapy In a laser eye treatment apparatus, a probe light source generates a secondary emitted light emanating from a treatment area of retinal tissue that is irradiated by a treatment light source. An optical detector detects the secondary emitted light. A processor statis... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7441899 | Panretinal laser fundus contact lens An optical lens system is designed to speed and improve therapeutic laser irradiation of the inner eye. The device is housed in an external casing (10) in conjunction with a specialized fundus contact lens (22). Internally, a disc (12) is mounte... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7413566 | 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 the visual system. The visual system response may include using resi... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7402158 | Directional laser probe A microsurgical laser probe is provided with a distal end portion of an optic fiber that projects from a tubular sleeve of the probe and can be caused to bend relative to the probe sleeve by manual manipulation of a mechanism on a handle of the probe. ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7402156 | Counter pressure device for ophthalmic drug delivery A counter pressure device for ophthalmic drug delivery. The device includes a handle and a head coupled to a distal end of the handle. The head comprises a curved, concave surface for contacting the conjunctiva and having a notch for removably receiving a cannula. T... | 07/22/2008 |
| RE40420 | Method and device for treating opaqueness and/or hardening of a closed eye The present invention relates to a method and a device for treating opacities and/or hardenings of an unopened eye. It is a specific advantage of the solution according to the invention that the treamtment of the inner region of the eye is possible without th... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7393349 | Ophthalmic laser treatment apparatus An ophthalmic laser treatment apparatus comprises: a main unit in which an illumination and observation optical system for illuminating a patient's eye and allowing observation of the patient's eye under illumination, and an irradiation optical system for irradiatin... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7390089 | Device and method for aligning an eye with a surgical laser A device for establishing a desired alignment between a patient's eye and a laser system to facilitate an engagement therebetween includes a light source to illuminate the eye. A moveable platform is provided to move the patient relative to the laser system. To esta... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7391887 | Eye tracking systems An eye tracking system includes an eye camera and a scene camera for supplying video data to interlace electronics indicative of an image of the user's eye and an image of the scene observed by the user. A frame grabber is provided for digitizing the video data and ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7385757 | Surgical microscope for ophthalmology A surgical microscope (1) for ophthalmology includes a tube unit (5) which permits viewing an area (7) of surgery, especially a forward section of the eye, through a microscope main objective (2). The surgical microscope (1) includ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7374562 | Method and system for conductive keratoplasty Improved corrective procedures for conductive keratoplasty are disclosed. Over correction can be relieved by the addition of one or two spots along one of the rings on the cornea. ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7371230 | Ocular fixation and stabilization device for ophthalmic surgical applications An interface for coupling an eye to a surgical laser is disclosed. A lens cone includes a base ring opposite an apex ring. The base ring defines a first plane and is adapted to couple to the delivery tip of the laser such that the first plane has a predetermined pos... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367342 | Wound management systems and methods for using the same In one aspect, a wound management system is provided. The wound management system includes a multi-lumen cannula adapted to be disposed in a wound site. The multi-lumen cannula includes (1) a fiber optic light distribution system adapted to irradiate the wound site ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364574 | Combined photocoagulation and photodynamic therapy A method for treating a lesion of an animal, the animal having at least one vessel that carries blood to the lesion, comprising locating the vessel, administering a composition comprising a photodynamic agent, applying energy to the vessel to photocoagulate the vess... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364575 | Apparatus and procedure for ultraviolet laser ablation Apparatus for performing ultraviolet laser ablation of a surface, eg. an eye surface, including a laser delivery system (7) having a laser source (1) for generating a laser beam (2) and optics for applying the laser beam to the surface to be abl... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365481 | Field emission device with change in emission property A field emission device having cold cathode devices including an emitter and a lead electrode, and the field emission device is provided with the plural kinds of cold cathode device groups classified based on the emission property of the cold cathode device. This fi... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364297 | Digital documenting ophthalmoscope The invention is an eye viewing device having an eyepiece at an observer end thereof and an imaging element at an observation port thereof. Light that is reflected from an imaged eye of a patient is provided to either or both of the eyepiece and the imaging element.... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357570 | Method and device for contactless temperature monitoring and temperature adjustment A method and device for determining the temperature of a sample, wherein a probing light beam is directed onto the sample whereby at least two partial beams of the probing light pass through paths of different lengths inside the sample by backscattering or reflectin... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355695 | Wavefront calibration analyzer and methods A wavefront sensor enhances calibration of a laser ablation system, such as a laser eye surgery system, by measuring one or more characteristics of an ablated test surface. Typically, light is passed through the ablated test surface, and the light is analyzed to det... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354432 | Red to near-infrared photobiomodulation treatment of the visual system in visual system disease or injury A method of treating visual system disease is disclosed. One embodiment comprises the steps of (a) exposing a component of a patient's visual system to light treatment, wherein the light treatment is characterized by wavelength of between 630-1000 nm and power inten... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351241 | Method and apparatus for precision working of material A method for precise working of material, particularly organic tissue, comprises the step of providing laser pulses with a pulse length between 50 fs and 1 ps and with a pulse frequency from 50 kHz to 1 MHz and with a wavelength between 600 and 2000 nm for acting on... | 04/01/2008 |
