Apparatus for creating incisions to improve intraocular lens placement
First Claim
1. A system for treating a lesion on target eye tissue, comprising:
- a. a light source for producing a laser beam;
b. one or more scanning elements configured to direct a focal point of a laser beam produced by the light source to various portions of a lens capsule of an eye of a patient; and
c. a controller operatively coupled to the light source and to the one or more scanning elements, wherein the controller is programmed to operate the one or more scanning elements to cause a laser beam produced by the light source to create a capsulotomy and at least one intraocular lens registration feature within a lens capsule of a patient'"'"'s eye, wherein the at least one intraocular lens registration feature comprises a feature created within the lens capsule that is discrete from the capsulotomy.
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Abstract
A system and method for inserting an intraocular lens in a patient'"'"'s eye includes a light source for generating a light beam, a scanner for deflecting the light beam to form an enclosed treatment pattern that includes a registration feature, and a delivery system for delivering the enclosed treatment pattern to target tissue in the patient'"'"'s eye to form an enclosed incision therein having the registration feature. An intraocular lens is placed within the enclosed incision, wherein the intraocular lens has a registration feature that engages with the registration feature of the enclosed incision. Alternately, the scanner can make a separate registration incision for a post that is connected to the intraocular lens via a strut member.
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22 Claims
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1. A system for treating a lesion on target eye tissue, comprising:
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a. a light source for producing a laser beam; b. one or more scanning elements configured to direct a focal point of a laser beam produced by the light source to various portions of a lens capsule of an eye of a patient; and c. a controller operatively coupled to the light source and to the one or more scanning elements, wherein the controller is programmed to operate the one or more scanning elements to cause a laser beam produced by the light source to create a capsulotomy and at least one intraocular lens registration feature within a lens capsule of a patient'"'"'s eye, wherein the at least one intraocular lens registration feature comprises a feature created within the lens capsule that is discrete from the capsulotomy. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for surgery on a tissue of a patient'"'"'s eye, comprising:
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a. an imaging system for generating image data of a patient'"'"'s lens; b. a light source for producing a laser beam; c. one or more scanning elements for directing a focal point of a laser beam produced by the light source to various portions of a lens capsule of an eye of a patient; and d. a controller operatively coupled to the imaging assembly, the light source and the one or more scanning elements, wherein the controller is programmed to operate the imaging system so as to acquire image data of the patient'"'"'s lens; and
operate the one or more scanning elements to guide a laser beam produced by the light source based at least in part on the image data so as to create within an anterior lens capsule of a patient'"'"'s eye (1) a capsulotomy and (2) an intraocular lens registration feature that is discrete from the capsulotomy.
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22. A system for surgery on a tissue of a patient'"'"'s eye, comprising:
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a. a light source for producing a laser beam; b. one or more scanning elements for directing a focal point of a laser beam produced by the light source to various portions of a lens capsule of an eye of a patient; and c. a controller operatively coupled to the light source and to the one or more scanning elements, wherein the controller is programmed to operate the one or more scanning elements to cause a laser beam produced by the light source to create within an anterior lens capsule of a patient'"'"'s eye (1) a capsulotomy incision and (2) an intraocular lens registration incision that is separate and distinct from the capsulotomy incision.
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