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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
May. 02, 2016
Alcon Inc., Fribourg, CH;
Michael Wittnebel, Hirschaid, DE;
Mario Abraham, Burgthann, DE;
Stefan Schmid, Neuendettelsau, DE;
Martin Starigk, Nuremberg, DE;
Alcon Inc., Fribourg, CH;
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a system for femtosecond ophthalmic surgery in which the position of a suction cone in the z direction is measured via the measuring device to generate data that is processed and used to create a pictorial representation, a histogram, or other graph based on the data. The pictorial representation may include at least one threshold marker. The disclosure further provides a method of performing docking in femtosecond laser ophthalmic surgery including measuring the position of a suction cone with a measuring device, and transmitting data regarding the position to a processor which processes the data and uses it to create a pictorial representation, histogram, or other graph that is presented on a display.