Eye Tech Care

Institut National De La Sante Et De La Recherche Medicale

Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique

Université Jean Monnet Saint-Étienne

Keranova

Fabrizio Romano

Jean-Yves Chapelon

Cyril Lafon

Philippe Chapuis

Aurelien Bernard

Laurent Farcy

Alain Birer

Emmanuel Baubeau

Cyril Mauclair

Françoise Chavrier

Thomas Charrel

Florent Aptel

Francoise Chavrier

Aurélien Bernard

Nicolas Boularot

The present invention relates to apparatus for cutting out a human or animal tissue, such as a cornea, or a lens, said apparatus including a treatment device for producing a pattern consisting of at least two impact points in a focusing plane from a L.A.S.E.R. beam generated by a femtosecond laser (), the treatment device being positioned downstream from said femtosecond laser, remarkable in that the treatment device comprises an optical focusing system () for focusing the L.A.S.E.R. beam in a cutting-out plane, and a control unit () able to control the displacement of the optical focusing system along an optical path of the L.A.S.E.R. beam for displacing the focusing plane in at least three respective cutting-out planes so as to form a stack of surfaces for cutting out the tissue.

Optical focusing system of an apparatus for cutting-out a human or animal tissue

The present invention relates to an apparatus for cutting-out including a device for treating a L.A.S.E.R. beam generated by a femtosecond laser (), and positioned downstream from said femtosecond laser, the treatment device comprising:

Sweeping optical scanner of an apparatus for cutting-out a human or animal tissue

The present invention relates to a coupling interface between a laser source and a tissue () to be treated, characterized in that the coupling interface comprises &#x2014;a ring () including: &#x22c5;a side wall (), &#x22c5;a proximal end () intended to come into contact with the tissue () to be treated, and &#x22c5;a distal end () intended to receive the end of the laser source; &#x2014;a window () transparent to a laser beam generated by the laser source, said window being mounted in a sealed manner on the distal end () of the ring () in such a way as to close the distal end () of the ring ().

Coupling interface between a laser source and a tissue to be treated

A device for treatment of an ocular pathology characterized in that it comprises at least one eye ring () wherein the proximal end of said eye ring () is suitable to be applied onto the glove and means () to generate ultrasound beam fixed on the distal end of the eye ring (), said means to generate ultrasound beam presenting a concave segment shape conformed along a single curvature corresponding to a single direction wherein the concavity is designed to be tuned towards the eyeglobe.

High intensity focused ultrasound device with a concave segment shaped transducers for treatment of ocular pathology

A device for treatment of an ocular pathology characterized in that it comprises at least one eye ring () wherein the proximal end of said eye ring () is suitable to be applied onto the globe and a generator () to generate ultrasound beam fixed on the distal end of the eye ring (), the generator to generate ultrasound beam presenting a concave segment shape conformed along a single curvature corresponding to a single direction wherein the concavity is designed to be tuned towards the eyeglobe.

High intensity focused ultrasound device with a concave segment shaped transducer for eye treatment

A method of treating an ocular pathology by generating high intensity focused ultrasound onto at least one eye's area, the method comprises at least the following steps of: positioning onto the eye a device capable of directing high intensity focused ultrasound onto at least one annular segment, and generating high intensity focused ultrasound energy onto the segment to treat at least one annular segment in the eye. Another embodiment of the invention concerns a device for treatment of an ocular pathology comprising at least one eye ring wherein the proximal end of the eye ring is suitable to be applied onto the globe and a high intensity focused ultrasound beam generator to generate ultrasound beam fixed on the distal end of the eye ring capable of treating the whole circumference of the eye in one step.

High intensity focused ultrasound device and method for ocular pathology treatment

A phacoemulsificator for the removal of lens tissue, wherein the phacoemulsificator contains:

Method of treating an ocular pathology by applying ultrasound to the trabecular meshwork and device thereof

The present invention relates to a device for treating an ocular pathology, including a ring () comprising a proximal end intended to be in contact with an eye of a patient, and a distal end intended to receive ultrasound generating means (), wherein the device additionally includes at least one reflector () for reflecting and focusing ultrasound generated by the generation means.

Device for ocular ultrasound therapy having a reflector

The present invention relates to a device for treatment of an ocular pathology, the device comprising at least one eye ring wherein the proximal end of said eye ring is suitable to be applied onto the globe and means to generate ultrasound beam fixed on the distal end of the eye ring, said means to generate ultrasound beam presenting a concave segment shape conformed along a single curvature corresponding to a single direction wherein the concavity is designed to be tuned towards the eyeglobe.

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Rillieux-La-Pape, France

Fabrizio Romano