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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2015
Applicant:
Ojai Retinal Technology, Llc, Ojai, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey K. Luttrull, Ojai, CA (US);
Benjamin Margolis, Oakland, CA (US);
David B. Chang, Tustin, CA (US);
Assignee:
Ojai Retinal Technology, LLC, Ojai, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/06 (2006.01); A61F 9/008 (2006.01); A61N 5/10 (2006.01); A61B 18/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/00821 (2013.01); A61B 18/20 (2013.01); A61F 9/008 (2013.01); A61F 9/00817 (2013.01); A61F 2009/00863 (2013.01); A61N 5/06 (2013.01); A61N 5/1017 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0648 (2013.01);
Abstract
A process for restoring responsiveness to medication in eye tissue, namely retinal tissue, that is unresponsive to medication. The process utilizes a laser source for generating a confluent, contiguous laser light beam. The laser light beam is preferably a subthreshold diode micropulse laser beam which is optically shaped through an optical lens or mask. The tissue is then exposed to the confluent, contiguous laser light beam and allowed to recover for thirty days before administering medication to which the tissue was unresponsive.