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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019
Filed:
May. 22, 2014
Topcon Medical Laser Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
David Haydn Mordaunt, Los Gatos, CA (US);
George Marcellino, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Michael W. Wiltberger, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Justin Hendrickson, Carlisle, MA (US);
Katrina Bell, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Dan E. Andersen, Menlo Park, CA (US);
TOPCON MEDICAL LASER SYSTEMS, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
System and method for generating patterns P of aiming and treatment light on target eye tissue (e.g. the retina) of a patient's eye. The system includes light sources for treatment and aiming light, a scanner for generating patterns of spots of the generated light, a controller, and a graphic user interface that allows the user to select one of several possible spot patterns, adjust the spot density and/or spot size, and apply patterns with fixed or varied density. The patterns can be formed of interlaced sub-patterns and/or scanned without adjacent spots being consecutively formed to reduce localized heating. Partially or fully enclosed exclusion zones within the patterns protect sensitive target tissue from exposure to the light.