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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2005
Filed:
May. 28, 2003
Applicants:
Erik Gross, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Kingman Yee, San Jose, CA (US);
Jonathan Wong, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Erik Gross, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Kingman Yee, San Jose, CA (US);
Jonathan Wong, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
VISX, Incorporated, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B018/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides systems and methods for applying pulsed energy to an eye. In an exemplary embodiment, a firing rate of the pulsed energy varies in correlation with a modeled or estimated thermal response of a tissue of the eye to the pulses of the laser beam during the treatment.