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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2019
Bioptigen, Inc., Morrisville, NC (US);
Eric L. Buckland, Hickory, NC (US);
Al-Hafeez Dhalla, Durham, NC (US);
Robert H. Hart, Cary, NC (US);
Bioptigen, Inc., Morrisville, NC (US);
Abstract
Methods are provided for performing a surgical procedure using optical coherence tomography (OCT) including extracting lenticular material from within a capsular bag of the eye of a patient; placing a replacement lens within the capsular bag after extraction of the lenticular material from the capsular bag; acquiring a plurality of OCT images that visualize the placement of the replacement lens within the capsular bag; and determining from the plurality of OCT images a degree of contact of the posterior surface of the replacement lens with the posterior portion of the capsular bag.