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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2001
Applicants:
Benedikt Jean, Sigmarszell, DE;
Thomas Bende, Mössingen, DE;
Theo Oltrup, Tübingen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and system are disclosed for measuring and mapping the anterior surface topography of a cornea to determine corneal aberrations and an optimal ablation pattern for refractive and therapeutic surgery of the cornea. The invention stimulates a prospective ablation process with real-time visual feedback accurately portraying results of topographic surface alteration that would occur during an actual ablation procedure, thereby achieving minimal corneal aberrations and optimal image quality.