Laser assisted cataract surgery methods and devices utilize one or more treatment laser beams to create a shaped opening in the anterior lens capsule of the eye when performing a capsulorrhexis procedure. A light absorbing agent may be applied to the anterior lens capsule to facilitate laser thermal separation of tissue along a treatment beam path on the lens capsule. Relative or absolute reflectance from the eye, and optionally from a surgical contact lens, may be measured to confirm and optionally quantify the presence of the light absorbing agent, before the treatment beam is applied. Such measurements may be used to determine that sufficient light absorbing agent is present in the lens capsule so that transmission of the treatment beam through the capsule will be below a predetermined threshold deemed safe for the retina and other interior portions of the eye, and may also be used to determine that sufficient light absorbing agent is present to result in complete laser thermal separation of the anterior capsule along the treatment beam path. Visualization patterns produced with one or more target laser beams may be projected onto the lens capsule tissue to aid in the capsulorrhexis procedure. In addition or alternatively, virtual visualization patterns may presented on a display integrated with a laser assisted cataract surgery device to aid in the procedure. The visual axis of the eye may be determined, during surgery for example, with a laser beam on which the patient is fixated. The orientation of a toric IOL may be assessed during or after placement by observing the reflection from the back of the eye of a laser beam on which the patient is fixated. The devices disclosed herein may be attached to or integrated with microscopes.

Systems and methods for fragmenting a lens by a laser cataract surgery system includes a sub-nanosecond laser source generating a treatment beam that includes a plurality of laser beam pulses. An optical delivery system is coupled to the sub-nanosecond laser source to receive and direct the treatment beam. A processor is coupled to the sub-nanosecond laser source and the optical delivery system. The processor includes a tangible non-volatile computer readable medium comprising instructions to determine a lens cut pattern for lens fragmentation and determine a plurality of energies of the treatment beam as a linear function of a depth of the lens cut pattern. The treatment beam is output according to the lens cut pattern and the determined energies.

The invention includes: a new composition of matter (a composite comprising a naturally occurring in vivo cornea in an in situ eye together with at least one volume of vitrified non-naturally occurring corneal stromal tissue formed within the naturally occurring corneal stromal tissue) wherein the vitrified tissue is modified in structure and properties from its naturally occurring condition into a non-naturally occurring glass-like condition with modifications including but not limited to increased elastic modulus; methods for producing and using the new composition of matter for modifying corneal structure and properties, including but not limited to corneal optical aberrations; wound closure adhesion and transplant adhesion; and a photovitrification system for producing the new composition of matter comprising at least one photon source with controllable treatment parameters. A reverse template can be added to corneal vitrification systems to increase vitrification and modifications of structure and properties.

Methods and systems for planning and performing a corneal laser ablation procedure that may comprise a wavefront aberrometer and a corneal topography measuring device. Data from each of these devices may be compared for generating an astigmatism treatment to be incorporated into a laser ablation treatment map. Corrections derived from epithelial thickness measurements may also be incorporated into the treatment map.

Methods and systems for planning and performing a corneal laser ablation procedure that may comprise a wavefront aberrometer and a corneal topography measuring device. Data from each of these devices may be compared for generating an astigmatism treatment to be incorporated into a laser ablation treatment map. Corrections derived from epithelial thickness measurements may also be incorporated into the treatment map.

The present invention relates to an ophthalmic treatment apparatus and a control method therefor, and provides an ophthalmic treatment apparatus and a control method therefor, the ophthalmic treatment apparatus comprising: a setting unit formed so as to set a treatment mode; a therapeutic light emission unit emitting therapeutic light at a target position of an eyeground multiple times so as to perform treatment; a monitoring unit for monitoring information on the state of the target position by the therapeutic light during the emission of the therapeutic light; and a control unit for determining whether a treatment intensity according to the treatment mode has been reached, by using the information monitored by the monitoring unit, and for controlling an operation of the therapeutic light emission unit on the basis of the determination.

An ophthalmological device for refractive correction of a cornea comprises a laser source, a focusing optical module, a scanner system and an electronic circuit. The electronic circuit is configured to control the scanner system to move the focal spot of the pulsed laser beam generated by the laser source to generate a first part of a void volume ablating cornea tissue inside the first part of the void volume, and to generate a separated second part of the void volume by separating the second part of the void volume as piece of cornea tissue to be removed from the void volume through an incision in the cornea, whereby at least a part of the separated second part is separated from the cornea by the ablated first part.

Methodology of phacoemulsification of a biological target such as a cataract with the use of a system including a laser diode configured to generate light in a millisecond pulsed regime and an optical fiber, while avoiding thermal diffusion of heat throughout the target. The used light has a wavelength within an absorption band of water and an average power within a milliwatt range; optionally, the output surface/facet of the optical fiber is curved and/or equipped with a termination configured to spatially converge output light upon propagating of such light through the termination.

A method for providing control data of an eye surgical laser of a treatment apparatus is disclosed for a treatment on a human or animal eye. The method optimizes a target conflict between low stress for a patient and efficacy of a laser. The method includes, as performed by a control device, determining a patient-specific parameter set, which relates to at least one physiological characteristic of the eye, determining at least one physical parameter for the eye surgical laser depending on the patient-specific parameter set, wherein the physical parameter relates to a physical characteristic of a laser beam of the laser, and providing control data for controlling the eye surgical laser, which includes the physical parameter.

Laser-based ophthalmic systems and methods can be used to treat glaucoma and other conditions of the eye. The laser system can be used to form openings or partial-thickness channels in the trabecular meshwork to promote aqueous humor outflow. Scanning approaches provided herein can create either fully perforating full hole ablations or partial-disruption soft holes.