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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2012
Applicant:
Biolase, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Marcia Van Valen, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
William E. Brown, Jr., Roswell, GA (US);
Daniel Durrie, Mission Hills, KS (US);
Assignee:
Biolase, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61F 9/008 (2006.01); A61N 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/008 (2013.01); A61F 2009/00889 (2013.01); A61F 2009/00872 (2013.01); A61F 9/00804 (2013.01); A61F 9/00821 (2013.01); A61N 5/062 (2013.01); A61F 9/00802 (2013.01); A61F 9/00825 (2013.01); A61B 19/5202 (2013.01); A61F 2009/0087 (2013.01); A61F 2009/00887 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for ablating a lens of an eye. An access incision is made through outer eye tissue to access the lens. A laser tool is inserted through the access incision. Electromagnetic energy is focused using the inserted laser tool to ablate a portion of the lens, where said ablation breaks the lens into a plurality of pieces for removal from the eye.