1304results about "Laser surgery" patented technology

Provided are multi-wavelength phototherapy devices, systems and methods for the treatment of a disorder or disease, including multi-wavelength low level light therapy (“PBM”), in particular to multi-wavelength PBM and other phototherapy systems and methods for improving functionality in and / or restoring functionality to a cell and / or tissue through the coordinated and targeted delivery to the cell or tissue of two or more doses of light having distinct wavelengths, wherein the two or more doses of light, when delivered in a coordinated fashion, can stimulate the activity of two or more light sensitive factors that, when activated, provide and / or enhance a desired target cell functionality. Ophthalmic phototherapy devices, systems, and treatment methods to expose an eye to selected multi-wavelengths of light to promote the healing of damaged or diseased eye tissue. The devices include a housing having an interior; an eyepiece disposed on the housing and configured and arranged for placement of an eye of the patient adjacent the eyepiece; a first light source producing a first light beam having a first therapeutic wavelength and disposed within the housing; a second light source producing a second light beam having a second therapeutic wavelength and disposed within the housing, where the second therapeutic wavelength differs from the first therapeutic wavelength by at least 25 nm.

In an ophthalmic surgical laser system, a patient interface device for coupling a patient's eye to the laser system includes a lens cone with a frustoconical shaped shell for coupling to the laser system and a suction ring for coupling to the patient's eye, the lens cone and the suction ring being joined together by clamping. A cap is provided for use with the lens cone as an installation aid. In the configuration supplied to the user, the lens cone is partially embedded in and snapped to the cap. The cap has a portion with a relatively large diameter and multiple ribs for easy handling. The user holds the cap to install the lens cone on the laser system, and pulls the cap to unsnap it from the lens cone. The lens cone is attached to the laser system with a bayonet mount that provides tactile feedback to the user.

In certain embodiments, ophthalmic laser system includes an auxiliary light system, laser system, imaging system, and computer. The auxiliary light system directs auxiliary light towards a test target according to a planned test pattern to yield one or more actual auxiliary spots of an actual test pattern on the test target. The planned test pattern indicates one or more planned auxiliary spots located relative to a planned laser spot in a predetermined manner. The laser system directs a laser beam to yield an actual laser spot of the actual test pattern on the test target. The imaging system generates a digital image of the actual test pattern. The computer analyzes the digital image to compare the actual to the planned test pattern, detect a deviation of the actual from the planned test pattern, identify an issue indicated by the deviation, and provide output in response to the issue.

Shape-stabilized collagen scaffolds and methods of obtaining such scaffolds are disclosed. Stroma can be harvested, for example, from human or porcine corneal stroma and shaped during excision or in a separate step after excision. Following shaping (and preferably decellularization), the excised stroma portion is subject to pressure, force or vacuum to reduce fluid content and then irradiated or otherwise treated to induce crosslinking of collagen chains or fibrils. In one embodiment, the scaffold can be compacted by removing some or all of the water from the scaffold, and rehydrating the scaffold in a controlled manner (e.g., in a mold or other confining space) such that the scaffold takes a desired compacted shape; and then crosslinking at least a portion of the scaffold to mechanically strengthen it and inhibit subsequent swelling. Various sources of energy can be employed to induce crosslinking of collagen including, for example, ultraviolet (UV) radiation. The scaffolds can also be selectively densified or patterned. The invention is particularly useful in forming stable lenticules of enhanced stiffness and sufficient optical clarity for intracorneal implantation in additive ocular surgery.

A modular ophthalmology device comprising: a first optical device having a light source and an imaging sensor, a first input coupling having an optical interface connection and a physical interface connection for aligning and securing an input optical module, a first optical output, an optical pathway and an output coupling securing a third optical device.

In certain embodiments, an ophthalmic laser system includes a laser system, imaging system, and computer. The laser system accesses a planned test pattern of planned laser spots and directs a laser beam towards a test target located at a target plane according to the planned test pattern to yield an actual test pattern of actual laser spots on the test target. The actual laser spots correspond to the planned laser spots. The imaging system has a digital camera that generates a digital image of the actual test pattern. The computer analyzes the digital image to: compare the actual test pattern to the planned test pattern; detect a deviation of the actual from the planned test pattern; identify an issue indicated by the deviation; and provide output in response to the identified issue.

Features can be tracked across frames. The features are first identified in an initial frame using an image processing technique which may take a relatively long time to complete, such as the length of several frames. When the features are being identified within the initial frame, subsequent frames are stored in a fast track buffer and once the features are identified in the initial image, the features can be tracked across the frames in the fast track buffer using a relatively fast process, such a one that is able to process the buffer at a higher frame rate than the frames are received at.

A therapeutic laser for use in treating ophthalmological conditions can be modulated by a spatial light modulation device in order to focus the therapeutic laser on a plurality of target locations simultaneously.

Devices and methods are disclosed for improved followability in laser-based ocular procedures. In some embodiments, an ophthalmic instrument comprises a projection located at the distal end of the shaft or cannula, the projection having a distal surface in proximity to the distal end of the optical fiber, the distal surface adapted to be positioned facing the treatment area during use of the ophthalmic instrument. An example method includes delivering laser energy through an optical fiber to the treatment area, wherein the distal surface of the projection inhibits bubbles formed during the procedure from moving distally away from the distal end of the ophthalmic instrument.

An ophthalmological device and system is described that allows the simultaneous imaging of an eye using both scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (SLO) and optical coherence tomography (OCT). Further the device and system is capable of targeting and delivering a treatment laser for treatment of an eye condition.

Devices and methods are disclosed for improved removal of cortical material. In certain embodiments, an ophthalmic surgical instrument includes a shaft having a distal end configured to be inserted into an eye of a patient toward a treatment area, and a projection located at the distal end of the shaft, the projection having a distal surface that extends at an angle to a longitudinal axis of the shaft, the distal surface configured to be positioned facing the treatment area during use of the ophthalmic surgical instrument. The projection is located on a tip or a sleeve of the ophthalmic surgical instrument.

Configurations are disclosed for a health system to be used in various healthcare applications, e.g., for patient diagnostics, monitoring, and / or therapy. The health system may comprise a light generation module to transmit light or an image to a user, one or more sensors to detect a physiological parameter of the user's body, including their eyes, and processing circuitry to analyze an input received in response to the presented images to determine one or more health conditions or defects.

Systems and methods for compensating for tilt of an intraocular lens (IOL) and systems and methods for adjusting an IOL are disclosed herein. For example, one of the methods may include capturing one or more optical coherence tomography (OCT) images of a subject's eye while implanting the IOL within the subject's eye. The method may further include generating a fixation target such that the fixation target is visible to an eye of the subject; and moving the fixation target until the lateral plane of the IOL is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the optical axis of the ophthalmic system. The method may also include directing a laser beam generated by a laser of the ophthalmic system at the IOL.

The invention discloses a center positioning system and method for a femtosecond laser ophthalmic corneal refraction operation, and relates to the technical field of image processing. The method comprises the following steps of S1, performing multi-source data synchronous acquisition on eyeballs of a patient before an operation; s2, fusing and preprocessing the collected multi-source data; s3, establishing an eyeball dynamics method, outputting six-degree-of-freedom position data in real time, and predicting the position of a laser action point; s4, dynamically adjusting the dual coordinate system according to the cornea; s5, constructing a real-time feedback system, and realizing closed-loop control, safety boundary control and a fault-tolerant mechanism; and S6, generating parameters of an operation process, constructing a four-dimensional cutting model, and performing path planning of the laser model. According to the method, the OCT, the Placido ring and the iris vein composite features are combined, the positioning precision is improved, Kalman filtering and neural network prediction compensation are utilized, eyeball movement is tracked in real time, and the accuracy of operation pupil positioning is improved.

The invention relates to a method for providing control data for an ophthalmic laser (12) of a treatment device (10).The procedure comprises the following steps: determining a preoperative corneal thickness profile (24) of a cornea (16) of a human or animal eye from predetermined examination data; determining a target corneal thickness profile (26) of the cornea (16), wherein at least one corneal thickness of the target corneal thickness profile (26) is set to a predetermined corneal thickness value (28) present at at least one predetermined position of the preoperative corneal thickness profile (24); determining tissue removal data to generate the target corneal thickness profile (26), wherein in the tissue removal data only tissue (14) at positions between the preoperative corneal thickness profile (24) and the target corneal thickness profile (26) is defined as tissue (14) to be removed; and providing control data for controlling the ophthalmic laser (12), which includes the tissue removal data.

The invention relates to the technical field of ophthalmology medical treatment, in particular to an excimer laser cutting parameter optimization method for presbyopia correction, which comprises the following steps: (1) collecting eye data of a patient: collecting eye structure data and vision information of the patient; (2) establishing a personalized eye model: constructing a personalized eye three-dimensional model of the patient based on the collected eye data; (3) determining an optimization objective function: comprehensively considering the correction effects of far vision, near vision and middle vision and the risk of postoperative complications, and determining the optimization objective function; and (4) constructing a cutting parameter constraint condition: setting the cutting parameter constraint condition according to the eye condition of the patient. The method aims at solving the problems that in the prior art, an excimer laser cutting parameter optimization method for presbyopia correction is insufficient in the aspects of individuation, accuracy, comprehensiveness, safety and the like.

The present disclosure relates to an ophthalmological device for surgical treatment of a cornea of an eye, the ophthalmological device comprising a laser source, a focusing optics, a scanner system and an electronic circuit. The electronic circuit is configured to control a first scanner device of the scanner system to move the focal spot with a first scanning speed along a line, thereby forming a scan line, to control a second scanner device of the scanner system to move the scan line with a second scanning speed along a predetermined processing path, which extends inside the cornea, for treating the cornea, and to control the ophthalmological device to vary at least one of: a geometrical parameter of the scan line or a physical parameter of the scan line, along the predetermined processing path.

A method of lamellar corneal graft implantation is disclosed herein. The method includes the steps of: (i) forming one or more intrastromal incisions in a cornea of an eye of a patient; (ii) removing a cut portion of the cornea defined by the one or more intrastromal incisions from the eye of the patient; (iii) applying laser energy to a lamellar corneal graft using an excimer laser so as to modify the refractive power of the lamellar corneal graft, the lamellar corneal graft being in the form of a autologous corneal graft or a homologous corneal graft; and (iv) implanting the lamellar corneal graft into the eye of the patient in a location previously occupied by the cut portion of the cornea so as to correct the refractive power of the eye of the patient.

In certain embodiments, an ophthalmic system is provided. The ophthalmic system includes a low power laser source configured to generate a low power laser beam, wherein the low power laser source has a power of between 5 milliwatts (mW) and 20 mW, and a first illumination device configured to transmit the low power laser beam into a vitreous cavity of an eye. The ophthalmic system further includes a red-green-blue (RGB) light-emitting diode (LED) light source configured to generate a RGB light, and a second illumination device configured to transmit the RGB light into the vitreous cavity of the eye.

Transcorneal and fiberoptic laser delivery systems and methods for the treatment of eye diseases wherein energy is delivered by wavelengths transparent to the cornea to effect target tissues in the eye for the control of intraocular pressure in diseases such as glaucoma by delivery systems both external to and within ocular tissues. External delivery may be affected under gonioscopic control. Internal delivery may be controlled endoscopically or fiberoptically, both systems utilizing femtosecond laser energy to excise ocular tissue. The femtosecond light energy is delivered to the target tissues to be treated to effect precisely controlled photodisruption to enable portals for the outflow of aqueous fluid in the case of glaucoma in a manner which minimizes target tissue healing responses, inflammation and scarring.

An ophthalmic system for visualization of interactions between ocular matter and a probe tip of a probe within or in contact with an ocular space of an eye includes: a visualization tool having a field of view that includes at least a portion of the ocular space of the eye where the probe tip interfaces with the ocular matter; and a stroboscopic illumination source configured to stroboscopically illuminate at least the portion of the field of view at an illumination frequency. A method of operating a stroboscopic illumination source during an ophthalmic surgical procedure includes: identifying an illumination source type of the stroboscopic illumination source; identifying a probe type; identifying a first procedure trigger; and operating the stroboscopic illumination source based on the probe type, the illumination source type, and the first procedure trigger.

A glaucoma treatment apparatus including an imaging device capable of imaging the anterior segment of the eye, a treatment laser, an algorithm programmed to determine a location and a cross sectional area of a treatment based on a customized anatomy of the anterior segment of the eye including the trabecular meshwork (TM), the Schlemm's Canal (SC) and collector channels (CCS), obtained from pre-operative images of the anterior segment of the eye, a pre-operative intraocular pressure (IOP) level and a target IOP reduction as an inputs, and a processor configured to actuate the apparatus to create an outflow channel with a cross-sectional area and location or multiple outflow channels with multiple cross-sectional areas and locations from the anterior chamber (AC) to the SC across the TM, as determined by the algorithm to achieve the target intraocular pressure (IOP) reduction. Also disclosed is a method of reducing intraocular pressure in an eye.

A device is described herein for performing capsulotomies that improves temperature uniformity and current flow around a cutting element of the device. The device includes a series of features whose geometries help remove cold and / or hot spots from the cutting element while maintaining the mechanical strength of the cutting element. In an embodiment, a device includes a cutting element and one or more electrical leads for providing an electrical discharge to the cutting element. The device further includes wire tabs configured to conductively couple an electrical lead to cutting element. Each wire tab includes a central conductive path and one or more conductive shunt paths conductively separated by one or more slots. The device further includes anchor tabs that are each associated with a slot disposed along the circumference of the cutting element and positioned to at least partially separate an anchor tab from a portion of the cutting element.

The present disclosure relates to an ophthalmic laser system for performing laser treatments of an eye. The laser system includes a base, which houses a laser source of the laser system. The system further includes a laser applicator, which comprises an optical system through which the treatment laser beam exits the laser applicator in a direction towards the patient's eye and a supporting arm. The supporting arm is connected to the laser applicator at a first end of the supporting arm and a second end of the supporting arm is connected to the base. The supporting arm is configured so that the laser applicator is positionable relative to the base in three dimensions. The laser system further comprises a motorized three-axis positioning system, which is operatively coupled to the controller for positioning the laser applicator relative to at least a portion of the supporting arm in three dimensions.

The present disclosure generally relates to microsurgical instruments for ophthalmic surgical procedures, and more particularly, methods and microsurgical instruments for vitreoretinal procedures. In certain embodiments described herein, a vitreoretinal procedure is performed utilizing two surgical instruments: 1) a treatment instrument configured to a) treat a target ophthalmic tissue (e.g., sever and remove the vitreous body), and b) infuse fluid into the intraocular space to maintain intraocular pressure (IOP); and 2) an illumination probe for providing illumination within the intraocular space. The combined treatment and infusion functionalities of the treatment instrument eliminate the need for a separate infusion cannula, thus enabling the vitreoretinal procedure to be performed with only two instruments and reducing the number of incisions made in the eye. Additionally, utilization of two instruments facilitates easier manipulation of the eye by a surgeon, as one of the two instruments can be used to “steer” the eye during the procedure.

The present invention relates to apparatuses, computer programs, and methods for visual ametropia correction. In a first example, a position of a desired focusing point relative to a retina of an individual eye may be determined, based on obtained topographic information of the anterior surface and of the posterior surface of the cornea, and refractive aberration information for the eye. In a second example, correction information relating to the anterior surface of the cornea may be determined, such as to optimize focusing onto a retina of the eye, based on the obtained topographic information of the anterior surface and of the posterior surface of the cornea and based on obtained topographic information of an anterior surface and of a posterior surface of a lens of the individual eye.

A system for evaluating cognitive function is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the system includes a computing device with a processor; and a visual display device. The computing device is operatively coupled to said visual display device, said computing device being programmed to generate and display a cognitive test on said visual display device for assessing a mental ability of said patient, said cognitive test comprising a plurality of different images for said patient to identify, said cognitive test assessing the mental ability of said patient that is suspected of having sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Also, in some embodiments, the system is in a form of a telemedicine system that includes a local control system disposed at a first location and a central control system disposed at a remote site.

A system for treating a media opacity in a vitreous media of an eye includes a visualization module adapted to provide visualization data of a portion of the eye via one or more viewing beams. The system includes a laser module adapted to selectively generate a treatment beam directed towards the media opacity in order to disrupt the media opacity. The laser module and the visualization module have a shared aperture for guiding the treatment beam and the one or more viewing beams towards the eye, the shared aperture being centered about a central axis. A controller is configured to acquire one or more defining parameters of the media opacity and determine when the media opacity is with a predefined target zone of a real-time viewing window. The media opacity is treated with the treatment beam when the media opacity is within the predefined target zone.

The invention relates to a femtosecond corneal refractive surgery aspiration and black spot early warning method and device and a storage medium. According to the invention, the deep learning model composed of the encoder and the decoder is set, the trained deep learning model is used to output the prediction frame at the current moment, the prediction frame at the current moment is compared with the real frame, and when the prediction frame and the real frame are deviated, it is judged that the real frame deviates from the prediction direction. Therefore, the aspiration loss or the black spots can be judged when the real frame deviates from the prediction direction, the aspiration loss can be detected in time in the whole femtosecond operation process, early warning can be carried out before the aspiration loss occurs, the aspiration loss occurrence rate is reduced, and the safety is improved.