A beam deflection device for a laser device is disclosed for generating a laser pattern on or in a material by means of a laser beam) of the laser device. The beam deflection device includes at least one reflecting or dispersive beam offset element, which is formed for spatially offsetting the laser beam in relation to an optical axis of a laser generating device of the laser device. The beam deflection device further includes a rotating, dispersive optical element, which is formed for generating a rotation pattern as the laser pattern from the previously offset laser beam. Further, a laser device, a computer program as well as to a computer-readable medium are disclosed.

A laser eye surgery system that has a patient interface between the eye and the laser system relying on suction to hold the interface to the eye, the patient interface using liquid used as a transmission medium for the laser. During a laser procedure sensors monitor the level of liquid within the patient interface and send a signal to control electronics if the level drops below a threshold value. The sensor may be mounted on the inside of the patient interface, within a fluid chamber. Alternatively, a gas flow meter may be added to a suction circuit for the patient interface that detects abnormal suction levels indicating low fluid level.

The present invention concerns a cutting apparatus including a femtosecond laser, a shaping system downstream from the femtosecond laser, for forming a phase-modulated laser beam, an optical scanner downstream from the shaping system, and optical focusing system downstream from the optical scanner, a control unit for controlling the shaping system, the optical scanner and the optical focusing system, characterized in that the apparatus further comprises an optical coupler between the femtosecond laser and the shaping system, the optical coupler including a photonic crystal optical fiber for filtering the phase-modulated laser beam coming from the shaping system.

A coupling interface between a laser source and a tissue to be treated, remarkable in that the coupling interface comprises: a ring (3) including: a double-walled partition (31), a window (33) transparent to a laser beam generated by the laser source, said window being sealingly mounted on the distal end of the ring so as to close the distal end of the ring, a gel block (4) intended to be positioned in a working housing of the ring.

In certain embodiments, an ophthalmic surgical system for performing a surgical procedure on an eye comprises a laser device, a camera, and a computer. The laser device comprises a laser source and a scanner. The laser source generates a laser beam comprising pulses, and the scanner directs the pulses towards tissue of the eye according to a laser focal spot pattern. The camera captures surgical images of the eye. The computer instructs the laser device to direct the pulses towards the eye according to the laser focal spot pattern, accesses and monitor the surgical images of the eye, identifies an interfering object from the surgical images of the eye, and modifies the control of the pulses to compensate for the interfering object.

Apparatuses and methods for the treatment of glaucoma are provided. The instrument uses either cauterization, a laser to ablate, sonic or ultrasonic energy to emulsify, or mechanical cutting of a portion of the trabecular meshwork. The instrument may also be provided with irrigation, aspiration, and a footplate. The footplate is used to enter Schlemm's canal, serves as a guide, and also protects Schlemm's canal.

An ophthalmological laser therapy system having an appliance base and an appliance head, displaceable relative to one another by translational movement and having a laser device and to a corresponding method. A laser pivot arm is fastened to the appliance head pivotable about a horizontal first axis. The laser pivot arm is encompassed by a pivot arm housing, which is fastened in a separately pivotable manner on the appliance head in coaxial fashion relative to the laser pivot arm and/or by virtue of an examination pivot arm with an examination device, defining an examination volume, being fastened to the appliance head pivotable about a second axis, wherein both axes are arranged such that a work volume of a laser beam, when the laser pivot arm is in a work position, is a partial volume of the examination volume, when the examination pivot arm is in a work position.

Devices and methods for cataract surgery include a tip with reciprocating door to chop, fragment or reduce size of large nuclear lens fragments and/or cortex fragments in a capsule bag to facilitate aspiration.

An ophthalmic system may comprise an imaging device having a field of view oriented toward the eye of the patient; a patient interface housing defining a passage therethrough, having a distal end coupled to one or more seals configured to be directly engaged with one or more surfaces of the eye of the patient, and wherein the proximal end is configured to be coupled to the patient workstation such that at least a portion of the field of view of the imaging device passes through the passage; and two or more registration fiducials coupled to the patient interface housing in a predetermined geometric configuration relative to the patient interface housing within the field of view of the imaging device such that they may be imaged by the imaging device in reference to predetermined geometric markers on the eye of the patient which may also be imaged by the imaging device.

A method of implanting a corneal intraocular pressure sensor in an eye of a patient is disclosed herein. The method includes forming a pocket in the cornea of the eye so as to gain access to tissue surrounding the pocket; applying a photosensitizer so that the photosensitizer permeates at least a portion of the tissue surrounding the pocket, the photosensitizer facilitating cross-linking of the tissue surrounding the pocket; irradiating the cornea so as to activate cross-linkers in the portion of the tissue surrounding the pocket, and thereby stiffen a wall of the pocket and kill cells in the portion of the tissue surrounding the pocket; and inserting an intracorneal implant comprising a pressure sensor into the pocket, the pressure sensor of the intracorneal implant configured to measure the intraocular pressure of the eye of the patient. A corneal intraocular pressure sensor is also disclosed herein.