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Laser beam ophthalmological surgery method and apparatus

  • US 5,480,396 A
  • Filed: 12/09/1994
  • Issued: 01/02/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/09/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A laser beam ophthalmological surgery method for ablating a portion of a cornea comprising the steps of:

  • generating a laser beam;

    splitting the generated laser beam into a plurality of laser beams;

    focusing each of said plurality of laser beams onto a scanner;

    scanning each of said plurality of laser beams in a predetermined scanning pattern for ablation of the cornea of a patient'"'"'s eye;

    directing said plurality of scanning laser beams parallel to each other directly onto the surface of the cornea of an eye of a patient with said plurality of scanning beams scanning a generally superimposed parallel pattern to each other; and

    controlling each said scanner from a central processing unit to thereby surgically reshape the cornea of the eye.

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