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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:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2006
Applicants:
Ronald M. Kurtz, Irvine, CA (US);
Francis W. Price, Jr., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Melvin Sarayba, Ladera Ranch, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ronald M. Kurtz, Irvine, CA (US);
Francis W. Price, Jr., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Melvin Sarayba, Ladera Ranch, CA (US);
Assignee:
AMO Development, LLC., Santa Ana, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for resecting corneal tissue is disclosed. A resection pattern is selected for resecting corneal tissue. The resection pattern is incised in a cornea using a surgical laser, leaving one or more uncut gaps in the incised resection pattern. Any uncut gaps left in the resection pattern may thereafter be incised using an alternate surgical instrument.