Method and apparatus for performing a keratomileusis or the like operation
Patent 4903695 Issued on February 27, 1990. Estimated Expiration Date: 
November 30, 2008. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
November 30, 2008. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesApparatus for performing ophthalmic laser surgery Patent #: 4729372 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 278272 filed on 11/30/1988US Classes:606/4, Ophthalmic606/3, With particular wavelength606/5, Recurving or reshaping of the eye606/11, Beam energy control or monitoring606/12, Condition responsive606/18MirrorExaminersPrimary: Cohen, Lee S.Assistant: Shay, David M. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassA61N 005/06AbstractA conventional keratomileusis procedure is modified to the extent that a controlled tissue-ablating laser radiation is applied solely to the freshly cut part of the cornea that is left after severing the lenticle, the radiation being so controlled and characterized as to effect a volumetric removal of exclusively stromal tissue that, upon replacement of the lenticle over the thus-sculptured remainder of the cornea, a new and optically corrected curvature results.Other References
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