Devices and methods for improving vision using laser photomiosis
First Claim
1. An ophthalmological laser system comprising:
- a laser, the radiation of which is focusable as a laser illumination light beam, wherein the laser is a pulse laser and the laser illumination light beam comprises a sequence of light pulses of average time duration between 10 milliseconds and 100 milliseconds;
at least one processor;
memory;
at least one program stored in the memory and executable by the at least one processor, the at least one program comprising instructions to;
obtain a predetermined pattern characterized by a plurality of positions along an iris dilator muscle tissue of an eye of a patient;
align said laser illumination light beam in accordance with one or more of the plurality of positions along the iris dilator muscle tissue;
deliver said laser illumination light beam in the predetermined pattern on a surface of the eye of the patient to target the iris dilator muscle tissue; and
cauterize at least a subset of the iris dilator muscle tissue to weaken dilator muscle, by the delivery of the laser illumination light beam in the predetermined pattern, thereby resulting in a permanent decrease in diameter of the pupil of the eye.
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Abstract
Systems and methods of improving vision using an ophthalmological laser system are provided. A predetermined pattern characterized by a plurality of positions along a plurality of spatially distributed iris tissues of an eye of a patient is obtained. A laser illumination light beam is aligned in accordance with one or more of the plurality of positions along the plurality of spatially distributed iris tissues. The laser illumination light beam is delivered in the predetermined pattern to the plurality of spatially distributed iris tissues of the patient. At least a subset of the spatially distributed iris tissues is cauterized by the delivery of the laser illumination light beam in the predetermined pattern, thereby resulting in a permanent decrease in diameter of the pupil of the eye.
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24 Claims
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1. An ophthalmological laser system comprising:
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a laser, the radiation of which is focusable as a laser illumination light beam, wherein the laser is a pulse laser and the laser illumination light beam comprises a sequence of light pulses of average time duration between 10 milliseconds and 100 milliseconds; at least one processor; memory; at least one program stored in the memory and executable by the at least one processor, the at least one program comprising instructions to; obtain a predetermined pattern characterized by a plurality of positions along an iris dilator muscle tissue of an eye of a patient; align said laser illumination light beam in accordance with one or more of the plurality of positions along the iris dilator muscle tissue; deliver said laser illumination light beam in the predetermined pattern on a surface of the eye of the patient to target the iris dilator muscle tissue; and cauterize at least a subset of the iris dilator muscle tissue to weaken dilator muscle, by the delivery of the laser illumination light beam in the predetermined pattern, thereby resulting in a permanent decrease in diameter of the pupil of the eye. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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18. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured for execution by a computer, the one or more programs comprising instructions to:
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obtain a predetermined pattern characterized by a plurality of positions along an iris dilator muscle tissue of an eye of a patient; align a laser illumination light beam in accordance with one or more of the plurality of positions along the iris dilator muscle tissue, wherein the laser illumination light beam comprises a sequence of light pulses of average time duration between 10 milliseconds and 100 milliseconds; deliver said laser illumination light beam in the predetermined pattern on a surface of the eye of the patient to target the iris dilator muscle tissue; and cauterize at least a subset of the iris dilator muscle tissue to weaken dilator muscle, by the delivery of the laser illumination light beam in the predetermined pattern, thereby resulting in a permanently decrease in diameter of the pupil of the eye.
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19. A method of improving vision performed using an ophthalmological laser system, the method comprising:
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obtaining a predetermined pattern characterized by a plurality of positions along an iris dilator muscle tissue of an eye of a patient; aligning a laser illumination light beam in accordance with one or more of the plurality of positions along the iris dilator muscle tissue, wherein the laser illumination light beam comprises a sequence of light pulses of average time duration between 10 milliseconds and 100 milliseconds; delivering said laser illumination light beam in the predetermined pattern on a surface of the eye of the patient to target the iris dilator muscle tissue; and cauterizing at least a subset of the iris dilator muscle tissue to weaken dilator muscle, by the delivery of the laser illumination light beam in the predetermined pattern, thereby resulting in a permanent decrease in diameter of the pupil of the eye.
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