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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2014
Applicant:
Abbott Medical Optics Inc., Santa Ana, CA (US);
Inventors:
Sanjeev Kasthurirangan, Fremont, CA (US);
Stanley S. Bentow, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc., Santa Ana, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/107 (2006.01); A61B 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/107 (2013.01); A61B 3/0025 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of selecting a toric lens by taking into consideration the magnitude and orientation of the posterior cornea and/or the location of the incision axis is described. The magnitude and orientation of the posterior cornea can be calculated as a function of the measured pre-operative orientation of the steep meridian of the anterior cornea.