DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE PRE-DISPLAY OF A SPOT PATTERN TO BE APPLIED FOR A LASER TREATMENT OF THE EYE

    公开(公告)号:US20210154048A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-27

    申请号:US17045665

    申请日:2019-04-04

    IPC分类号: A61F9/008

    摘要: A device and method for the pre-display of a spot pattern to be applied for a laser treatment of the eye. The spot patterns to be applied are displayed to the operator in advance with the aid of a target beam. The device for the pre-display of a spot pattern to be applied for a laser treatment of the eye includes a laser system and a scanning system for generating a target beam. Here, the laser system and the scanning system for generating the target beam are formed to generate one or more lines which overlie all the spots of the spot pattern of a planned laser treatment. The device and method are suitable for laser treatment of the retina, the trabecular meshwork as well as other regions. Here, it is irrelevant whether what the laser treatment to be applied is.

    METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE CORNEA OF AN EYE

    公开(公告)号:US20180206718A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-26

    申请号:US15745551

    申请日:2016-07-06

    IPC分类号: A61B3/107 A61B3/10 A61B3/18

    摘要: A method for determining the topography of the cornea of an eye on the basis of an optical, contactless data capture. In the method for determining the topography of the cornea of an eye, which is based on a deflectometric method, the deflectometric measurements are carried out with the aid of a keratometric method by virtue of additional OCT-based scans being made at the keratometric measurement points, wherein the two measurement systems are registered to one another and both the keratometric and the OCT-based measurement values are recorded and used for mutual calibration to determine and output the topographic data. The proposed method serves to determine the topography of the cornea of an eye. It is helpful to ascertain the topography in order to be able to draw conclusions about possible pathological changes. Moreover, the exact measurement of the corneal topography is of great importance for correcting refractive errors.

    ARRANGEMENT FOR THE OCT-BASED LASER VITREOLYSIS

    公开(公告)号:US20240108506A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-04

    申请号:US17766607

    申请日:2020-09-24

    IPC分类号: A61F9/008 A61B3/10 A61F9/009

    摘要: An arrangement for OCT-based laser treatment of vitreous floaters. The arrangement for OCT-based laser vitreolysis includes an OCT system, a laser system having a deflection unit, optical elements that couple the OCT system and the laser system, a display unit and a central control and operating unit. The OCT system is configured to localize the floaters, the laser system is configured to destroy the floaters by application of laser pulses and the central control and operating unit is configured to determine apart from the coordinates of the localized floaters also their distance to structures of the eye, to derive exclusion criteria for the treatment, to align the deflection unit of the laser system to these coordinates and to focus and activate the laser system. The present invention relates to an arrangement for the gentle, low risk and painless laser treatment of vitreous floaters, which enables partially or fully automated therapy.

    METHOD FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE, CELL-SELECTIVE LASER THERAPY ON THE EYE

    公开(公告)号:US20190117461A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-25

    申请号:US16090495

    申请日:2017-04-07

    IPC分类号: A61F9/008 A61F9/007 A61F9/009

    摘要: A method for a minimally invasive, cell-selective laser therapy on the eye. The method, based on a short-pulse laser system, allows for different selective types of therapy on the eye. The method is based on a frequency-doubled, continuously working solid-state laser including a pump source and a control unit. The control unit regulates the pump source such that the solid-state laser emits individual pulses with pulse lengths ranging from 50 ns to continuous, wherein pulse lengths ranging from 50 ns to 50 μs are provided for selective therapies and pulse lengths ranging from 50 μs to continuous are provided for coagulative or stimulating therapies, in particular in the range from 1 ms to 500 ms. The proposed method enables a selective treatment of melanin-containing cells in the different areas of the eye via the targeted control of the pump source.

    ARTIFICIAL EYE LENS WITH LASER-GENERATED BIREFRINGENT STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ARTIFICIAL EYE LENS

    公开(公告)号:US20210169640A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-10

    申请号:US16616878

    申请日:2018-05-17

    IPC分类号: A61F2/16 B29D11/00 B29D11/02

    摘要: An artificial eye lens having an integral optical part which has, viewed in the direction of an optical principal axis of the eye lens, a first optical side and an opposite, second optical side. The optical part is formed with a structure having birefringence, where the birefringent structure in the integral optical part is formed as a laser structure. A method for producing an artificial eye lens, where the birefringent structure is produced with a laser apparatus, and a pulsed laser beam having a pulse length of between 100 fs and 20 ps, a wavelength of between 320 nm and 1100 nm, a pulse repetition rate of between 1 kHz and 10 MHz, a focus diameter of less than 5 μm, and a power density of greater than 106 W/cm2.

    METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE CORNEA OF AN EYE

    公开(公告)号:US20190387969A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-26

    申请号:US16562005

    申请日:2019-09-05

    IPC分类号: A61B3/107 A61B3/18 A61B3/10

    摘要: A method for determining the topography of the cornea of an eye on the basis of an optical, contactless data capture. In the method for determining the topography of the cornea of an eye, which is based on a deflectometric method, the deflectometric measurements are carried out with the aid of a keratometric method by virtue of additional OCT-based scans being made at the keratometric measurement points, wherein the two measurement systems are registered to one another and both the keratometric and the OCT-based measurement values are recorded and used for mutual calibration to determine and output the topographic data. The proposed method serves to determine the topography of the cornea of an eye. It is helpful to ascertain the topography in order to be able to draw conclusions about possible pathological changes. Moreover, the exact measurement of the corneal topography is of great importance for correcting refractive errors.

    METHOD FOR ASCERTAINING PHYSIOLOGICALLY CORRECT BIOMETRIC DATA OF AN EYE

    公开(公告)号:US20220378288A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-01

    申请号:US17762537

    申请日:2020-08-03

    摘要: A method for collecting biometric measurement data of an eye on the basis of different measurement modalities, allowing for physiologically correct, representative, and robust biometric measurement data. In the method, the measurement data for individual measurement variables and the dynamic behavior of the eye are recorded continuously at the highest possible repetition rate over the measurement time. The individual phases of the dynamics of the eye which define the limits of the phase for stable vision are analyzed on the basis of the measurement values, and only the measurement data for the individual measurement variables are output which have been detected during the phase for stable vision. Although the proposed method is provided for collecting biometric measurement data in preparation for a cataract operation, the method can also be applied to other areas of ophthalmology to generate error-free measurement data or recordings of the eye.

    ARTIFICAL EYE LENS WITH DIFFRACTIVE GRATING STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ARTIFICIAL EYE LENS

    公开(公告)号:US20200085569A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-19

    申请号:US16616028

    申请日:2018-05-17

    IPC分类号: A61F2/16 B29D11/02

    摘要: An artificial eye lens (1) having an optical part (2) which has a first optical side (4) and an opposite, second optical side (5). The optical part (2) has a diffractive grating structure that contributes to an optical imaging property of the optical part (2). The diffractive grating structure is an amplitude grating (6) formed in the optical part (2) as a laser structure. A method for producing an artificial eye lens (1) where the amplitude grating (6) is produced with a laser apparatus (17), and a pulsed laser beam (22) having a pulse length of between 100 fs and 20 ps, a wavelength of between 320 nm and 1100 nm, a pulse repetition rate of between 1 kHz and 10 MHz, a focus diameter of less than 5 μm, and a power density of greater than 106 W/cm2.

    OPHTHALMOLOGICAL LASER SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20190192346A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-27

    申请号:US16224136

    申请日:2018-12-18

    IPC分类号: A61F9/008 A61B3/10 A61B3/117

    摘要: A polarization beam splitter selectively decouples detection light onto a detector such that it has a polarization direction that differs from the emitted illumination light. This enables the detection of the light scattered back in the eye lens at a high level of accuracy, since stray light from reflections at optical components of the light path is suppressed. In the generating of photo disruptions or other incisions, the ray exposure of the retina may be reduced in that the incisions being furthest away from the laser are induced first such that laminar gas inclusions with an existence duration time of at least 5 seconds result. In this manner the laser radiation propagated in the direction of the retina in further incisions are scattered and partially reflected such that the influence impinging upon the retina is reduced.