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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2006

Filed:

Dec. 20, 2002
Applicants:

Ian G. Cox, Honeoye Falls, NY (US);

Barry T. Eagan, Salt Lake City, UT (US);

Howard Markman, Honeoye, NY (US);

Kamal Sarbadhikari, Penfield, NY (US);

Kristian Hohla, Vaterstetten, DE;

Gerhard Youssefi, Landshut, DE;

Craig Schoof, Sammamish, WA (US);

Inventors:

Ian G. Cox, Honeoye Falls, NY (US);

Barry T. Eagan, Salt Lake City, UT (US);

Howard Markman, Honeoye, NY (US);

Kamal Sarbadhikari, Penfield, NY (US);

Kristian Hohla, Vaterstetten, DE;

Gerhard Youssefi, Landshut, DE;

Craig Schoof, Sammamish, WA (US);

Assignee:

Bausch & Lomb Incorporated, Rochester, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/18 (2006.01); G06F 15/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system and method for providing a predictive outcome in the form of a predictive best instruction for a therapeutic ophthalmic correction of a patient's vision defects. The predictive best instruction is derived from prospective therapeutic-outcome-influencing, new information that is analyzed in conjunction with optimized, historical therapeutic-outcome information. The instruction is preferably an optimized, custom, photoablative algorithm for driving a photoablative, excimer laser. The instruction can be provided on a fee basis.


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