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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2005
Roger F. Steinert, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
James W. Overbeck, Hingham, MA (US);
Roger F. Steinert, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
James W. Overbeck, Hingham, MA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A laser system for treating an eye having a cornea, the laser system including a laser beam source capable of generating a laser beam, an eye position detector which includes at least a corneal tracker, the corneal tracker being responsive to movement of an anterior portion of the cornea, the corneal tracker constructed to detect movement of the cornea based on a set of spaced apart optical manifestations from the outer surface of the anterior portion of the cornea, and a beam controller, the beam controller being responsive to the eye position detector to direct the laser beam with controlled energy from the laser beam source to a desired location on the eye.