LASER INSTRUMENT FOR EYE THERAPY
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Abstract
A laser instrument for therapy on the human eye, designed for surgery of the cornea, the sclera, the vitreous body or the crystalline lens, especially suitable for use in immediate succession with other instruments for eye diagnosis or eye therapy, in such a way that during the alternating use of the various instruments, the eye or at least the patient preferably remains in a predetermined position and alignment within one and the same treatment area.
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31 Claims
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1-15. -15. (canceled)
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16. A laser therapy instrument:
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wherein the laser therapy instrument is structured for surgery on a cornea, a sclera, a vitreous body or a crystalline lens, and is used alternately with other instruments for eye diagnosis or eye therapy, in a common treatment area in which a patient or a patient'"'"'s eye is positioned, the common treatment area being accessible to the laser therapy instrument and the other instruments in succession, the laser therapy instrument comprising; a beam conducting device including an exit lens system that conducts a therapeutic laser beam to the common treatment area, and a device operably coupled to the beam conducting device that moves at least a part of the beam conducting device that includes the exit lens system, into the common treatment area prior to use of the laser therapy instrument and out of the treatment area after the use of the laser therapy instrument, such that the treatment area, after at least the part of the beam conducting device including the exit lens system has been moved out of the treatment area, is freely accessible for using the other instruments. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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