Patent classifications
A61F2009/00865
DEVICE AND METHOD FOR LASER ASSISTED DEEP SCLERECTOMY
An ophthalmic laser ablation system is described with various optional features, some especially suitable for non-penetrating filtration on an eye. In one example, focusing of an ablation laser uses a movable lens coupled to a pair of converging light sources, which converge at the focal distance of the lens. In another example, laser ablation settings are selected for optimal ablation and minimal amount of thermal damage of a layer of percolating scleral tissue.
System and methods using real-time predictive virtual 3D eye finite element modeling for simulation of ocular structure biomechanics
Disclosed are systems, devices and methods for performing simulations using a multi-component Finite Element Model (FEM) of ocular structures involved in ocular accommodation.
IMAGE GUIDANCE APPARATUS FOR GLAUCOMA SURGERY
An imaging probe comprises a camera or endoscope with an external detector array, in which the probe is sized and shaped for surgical placement in an eye to image the eye from an interior of the eye during treatment. The imaging probe and a treatment probe can be coupled together with a fastener or contained within a housing. The imaging probe and the treatment probe can be sized and shaped to enter the eye through an incision in the cornea and image one or more of the ciliary body band or the scleral spur. The treatment probe may comprise a treatment optical fiber or a surgical placement device to deliver an implant. A processor coupled to the detector can be configured with instructions to identify a location of one or more of the ciliary body band, the scleral spur, Schwalbe's line, or Schlemm's canal from the image.
SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR NEEDLE-LESS OCULAR INJECTIONS
Embodiments described herein relate to systems and methods of delivering medicinal components to target regions of an eye of a subject and/or patient. In some aspects, an apparatus includes a housing; a medicament container configured to accommodate a medicinal component; a sensor configured to measure a physical property of a subject; and an injector coupled to the medicament container and configured to produce a stream of the medicinal component directed towards a region of the eye of the subject based on the measured physical property.
Systems and methods for performing an intraocular procedure for treating an eye condition
The invention provides an excimer laser system including a means for calibrating laser output to compensate for increased variation in laser optical fibers.
Systems for the treatment of glaucoma using visible and infrared ultrashort laser pulses
Transcorneal and fiberoptic laser delivery systems and methods for the treatment of eye diseases wherein energy is delivered by wavelengths transparent to the cornea to effect target tissues in the eye for the control of intraocular pressure in diseases such as glaucoma by delivery systems both external to and within ocular tissues. External delivery may be affected under gonioscopic control. Internal delivery may be controlled endoscopically or fiberoptically, both systems utilizing femtosecond laser energy to excise ocular tissue. The femtosecond light energy is delivered to the target tissues to be treated to effect precisely controlled photodisruption to enable portals for the outflow of aqueous fluid in the case of glaucoma in a manner which minimizes target tissue healing responses, inflammation and scarring.
PERSONALIZATION OF EXCIMER LASER FIBERS
The invention provides personalized laser probes for use in laser systems, wherein each laser probe includes one or more characteristics tailored to a given user to thereby improve performance of and outcome of a laser treatment procedure.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OCULAR LASER SURGERY AND THERAPEUTIC TREATMENTS
Systems, devices and methods are provided to deliver microporation medical treatments to improve biomechanics, wherein the system includes a laser for generating a beam of laser radiation on a treatment-axis not aligned with a patient's visual-axis, operable for use in subsurface ablative medical treatments to create an array pattern of micropores that improves biomechanics. The array pattern of micropores is at least one of a radial pattern, a spiral pattern, a phyllotactic pattern, or an asymmetric pattern.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATING CONNECTIVE TISSUE
A method and system of treating connective tissue to increase flexibility of the connective tissue or decrease tension in the connective tissue includes forming perforations in the connective tissue to at least 90% of the depth or thickness of the connective tissue and maintaining the perforations in the connective tissue. The method alters the tissue to enhance the fundamental mechanisms involved the immunology, biochemistry, and molecular genetics of the metabolism of the connective tissue.
Systems and Methods for Performing an Intraocular Procedure for Treating an Eye Condition
The invention provides an excimer laser system including a means for calibrating laser output to compensate for increased variation in laser optical fibers.