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Radiation treatment system and method of using same

  • US 20020099363A1
  • Filed: 01/23/2001
  • Published: 07/25/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of treating ocular tissue of an eye defining a central optical axis therethrough, comprising:

  • providing a pattern of heating according to which the ocular tissue is to be exposed, the pattern including at least one region of heating that corresponds to an ocular region within a radial distance of from about 4 mm to about 11 mm from the optical axis, and the heating sufficient to shrink collagen tissue within the ocular tissue; and

    exposing the ocular tissue to the heating according to the corneal pattern to shrink collagen tissue within the ocular region thereby improving accommodation for near vision.

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