Mazaheri LASIK method for visual enhancement

• US 9,192,517 B2
• Filed: 10/19/2005
• Issued: 11/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Michael M. Mazaheri
• Original Assignee: Michael M. Mazaheri
• Inventors: Mazaheri, Michael M.
• Primary Examiner(s): ROANE, AARON F
• Application Number:
  US11/253,373
• Publication Number:
  US 20070088342A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,688 Days
• Field of Search: 606/4, 606/5, 606/6, 128/898
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2009/00872 Cornea
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 9/008 using laser
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 9/00804 Refractive treatments

Abstract

A new and novel method for performing refractive correction on a patient'"'"'s eyes is introduced. In one embodiment the method includes (1) performing a surface ablation corrective procedure on a corneal surface of the patient'"'"'s non-dominant eye; and (2) reshaping a corneal stroma of the patient'"'"'s dominant eye, where the reshaping includes the making of a lamillar cut in the surface of the dominant eye to create a flap; folding the flap back to reveal the corneal stroma and ablating a portion of the corneal stroma, after which the flap is replaced.

Claims

1. A method for performing refractive correction on a patient'"'"'s eyes, comprising:

performing a first corrective process on said patient'"'"'s non-dominant eye, said first corrective process including an in-situ surface ablation corrective procedure to the outer surface of the corneal stroma of said patient'"'"'s non-dominant eye; and

performing a second corrective process different from said first corrective process on said patient'"'"'s dominant eye after said first corrective process, said second corrective process being a LASIK process and said first corrective process not being a LASIK process, said second corrective process including reshaping a corneal stroma of said patient'"'"'s dominant eye, said reshaping including;

making a lamillar cut in a surface of a cornea of said dominant eye to create a flap;

folding said flap back to reveal an interior section of said corneal stroma;

ablating a portion of said interior section of said corneal stroma; and

replacing said flap over said corneal stroma.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein said second corrective process is not performed on said patient'"'"'s non-dominant eye.

3. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein said surface ablation corrective procedure results in a slight under correction of said patient'"'"'s vision in said non-dominant eye.

4. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising making a determination whether said patient suffers from epithelial or Bowman membrane disease while performing said surface ablation corrective procedure.

5. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising making a cut on said non-dominant eye to an epithelium depth to create an epithelium flap;

folding said epithelium flap back and performing said surface ablation corrective procedure on an exposed surface; and

replacing said epithelium flap after performing said surface ablation corrective procedure.

6. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising using a laser device for said surface ablation corrective procedure and said reshaping a corneal stroma.

7. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein said refractive correction on a patient'"'"'s eyes is for the purpose of correcting myopia or hypermetropia.

8. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein said refractive correction on a patient'"'"'s eyes is for the purpose of correcting astigmatism.

9. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising the enhancement of the refractive correction on said patient'"'"'s dominant eye.

10. The method as recited in claim 9 wherein said enhancement is achieved by a further reshaping of said corneal stroma.

11. A procedure for performing refractive correction on a patient'"'"'s eyes, comprising:

determining said patient'"'"'s dominant eye and non-dominant;

using a laser device to perform a first corrective process on said patient'"'"'s non-dominant eye, said first corrective process including an in-situ surface ablation corrective procedure to an outer surface of the corneal stroma of said patient'"'"'s non-dominant eye; and

performing a second corrective process different from said first corrective process on said patient'"'"'s dominant eye after the first corrective process, said second corrective process being a LASIK process and said first corrective process not being a LASIK process, said second corrective process including using a laser device to reshape a corneal stroma of said patient'"'"'s dominant eye, said reshaping including;

making a lamillar cut in the corneal surface of a said dominant eye to create a flap;

folding said flap back to reveal an interior section of said corneal stroma;

ablating a portion of said interior section with said laser device; and

replacing said flap over said corneal stroma.

12. The method as recited in claim 11 wherein said second corrective process is not performed on said patient'"'"'s non-dominant eye.

13. The method as recited in claim 11 wherein said surface ablation corrective procedure results in a slight under correction of said patient'"'"'s vision in said non-dominant eye.

14. The method as recited in claim 11 further comprising making a determination whether said patient suffers from epithelial or Bowman membrane disease while performing said surface ablation corrective procedure.

15. The method as recited in claim 11 further comprising making a cut on said non-dominant eye to an epithelium depth to create an epithelium flap;

folding said epithelium flap back and performing said surface ablation corrective procedure on an exposed surface; and

replacing said epithelium flap after performing said surface ablation corrective procedure.

16. The method as recited in claim 11 wherein said laser device is an Excimer laser.

17. The method as recited in claim 11 wherein said refractive correction on a patient'"'"'s eyes is for the purpose of correcting myopia or hypermetropia.

18. The method as recited in claim 11 wherein said refractive correction on a patient'"'"'s eyes is for the purpose of correcting astigmatism.

19. The method as recited in claim 11 further comprising the enhancement of the refractive correction on said patient'"'"'s dominant eye.

20. The method as recited in claim 19 wherein said enhancement is achieved by a further reshaping of said corneal stroma.