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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:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2003
Applicants:
Cynthia Roberts, Columbus, OH (US);
Ashraf Mahmoud, New Albany, OH (US);
Inventors:
Cynthia Roberts, Columbus, OH (US);
Ashraf Mahmoud, New Albany, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention discloses a corneal refractive procedure providing a customized transition zone. The customized transition zone provided according to the methods and systems of the present invention exhibits continuous curvature between an ablated optical zone and a non-ablated zone to address curvature discontinuity at the edge of the optical zone, thereby minimizing the biomechanical response and its postoperative effects on vision.