Laser beam ophthalmological surgery method and apparatus
First Claim
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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Abstract
A laser beam ophthalmological surgery method includes the steps of generating a laser beam and splitting the generated laser beam into multiple laser beams which are simultaneously focused onto a plurality of scanners. Each scanner in turn produces a predetermined scanning pattern focused on the cornea of a patient'"'"'s eye to ablate the cornea tissue and with at least two beams simultaneously scanning and ablating the cornea tissue. Scanning is controlled from a central processing unit to perform the surgical procedure, removing a laser thickness of the cornea tissue to provide a safer and more predictable surgical procedure in the reshaping of the cornea. A laser ophthalmological surgery apparatus is provided which includes a laser generating a laser beam, a beam splitter for splitting the laser beam into a plurality of laser beams, and a plurality of scanners, each positioned for receiving one of the laser beams from the beam splitter and producing a predetermined scanning pattern from the laser beam and impinging the scanning pattern upon the cornea of a patient'"'"'s eye.
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18 Claims
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1. A laser beam ophthalmological surgery method for ablating a portion of a cornea comprising the steps of:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A laser ophthalmological surgery apparatus for ablating a portion of a cornea comprising:
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a laser for generating a laser beam; a beam splitter for splitting the laser beam from said laser into a plurality of laser beams; a plurality of scanners, each positioned for receiving one of said laser beams from said beam splitter and producing a predetermined scanning pattern from the laser beam impinging thereupon; focusing optics positioned between said laser and said beam splitter for focusing each of said laser beams onto one said scanner; directing means positioned between said plurality of scanners and said cornea for directing each of said laser beams onto the cornea of a patient'"'"'s eye simultaneously in a parallel pattern for ablating a portion of the cornea of the eye; and a computer connected to each said scanner for controlling each said scanner in a predetermined pattern whereby a plurality of laser beams can perform a surgical procedure on a patient'"'"'s eye. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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