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METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING A POSTERIOR CAPSULOTOMY AND FOR LASER EYE SURGERY WITH A PENETRATED CORNEA

  • US 20140074074A1
  • Filed: 09/06/2013
  • Published: 03/13/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for performing laser-assisted cataract surgery on an eye having a lens posterior capsule and an anterior hyaloid membrane, the method comprising:

  • injecting fluid between the lens posterior capsule and the anterior hyaloid membrane to separate the lens posterior capsule and the anterior hyaloid membrane; and

    with the lens posterior capsule separated from the anterior hyaloid membrane, performing a posterior capsulotomy on the lens posterior capsule by using a laser to incise the lens posterior capsule.

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