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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2018
Amo Development, Llc, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Georg Schuele, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Noah Bareket, Saratoga, CA (US);
David Dewey, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
John S. Hart, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Javier G. Gonzalez, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Raymond Woo, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Thomas Z. Teisseyre, Pacifica, CA (US);
Jeffrey A. Golda, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Katrina B. Sheehy, Redwood City, CA (US);
Madeleine C O'Meara, San Francisco, CA (US);
Bruce Woodley, Palo Alto, CA (US);
AMO Development, LLC, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Abstract
A laser surgery system includes a light source, an eye interface device, a scanning assembly, a confocal detection assembly and preferably a confocal bypass assembly. The light source generates an electromagnetic beam. The scanning assembly scans a focal point of the electromagnetic beam to different locations within the eye. An optical path propagates the electromagnetic beam from a light source to the focal point, and also propagates a portion of the electromagnetic beam reflected from the focal point location back along at least a portion of the optical path. The optical path includes an optical element associated with a confocal detection assembly that diverts a portion of the reflected electromagnetic radiation to a sensor. The sensor generates an intensity signal indicative of intensity the electromagnetic beam reflected from the focal point location. The confocal bypass assembly reversibly diverts the electromagnetic beam along a diversion optical path around the optical element.