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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2017
Bausch & Lomb Incorporated, Rochester, NY (US);
Technolas Perfect Vision Gmbh, Munich, DE;
Toh Seng Goh, Wildwood, MO (US);
Brian D. McCary, Clayton, MO (US);
David Haydn Mordaunt, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Frieder Loesel, Mannheim, DE;
Jochen Kandulla, Munich, DE;
Gerhard Youssefi, Landshut, DE;
Werner Banghard, Weilheim, DE;
BAUSCH & LOMB INCORPORATED, Rochester, NY (US);
TECHNOLAS PERFECT VISION GMBH, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A system and method for performing a femto-fragmentation procedure on tissue in the crystalline lens of an eye requires that a laser beam be directed and focused to a focal point in the crystalline lens of the eye. The focal point is then guided, relative to an axis defined by the eye, to create a segment cluster by causing Laser Induced Optical Breakdown (LIOB) of tissue in the crystalline lens. The resultant segment cluster includes a plurality of contiguous, elongated segments in the crystalline lens that are individually tapered from an anterior end-area to a posterior end-area. Specifically, this is done to facilitate the removal of individual segments from the segment cluster in the crystalline lens.