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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2009
Applicants:
Ferenc Raksi, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Jesse Buck, San Marcos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ferenc Raksi, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Jesse Buck, San Marcos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Alcon LenSx, Inc., Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An ophthalmic laser system includes a laser source, to generate a pulsed laser beam, an XY scanner, to receive the pulsed laser beam, and to output an XY-scanning beam, scanned in two directions essentially transverse to an optical axis, and a multi-functional Z scanner, to receive the XY-scanning beam, to output an XYZ-scanning beam, having a numerical aperture NA and a focal spot in a target region, and to modify the numerical aperture NA essentially independently from scanning a Z focal depth of the focal spot along the optical axis.