US 12,213,919 B2
Free floating patient interface for laser surgery system
Phillip Gooding, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to AMO Development, LLC, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by AMO Development, LLC, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/468,640.
Application 17/000,223 is a division of application No. 14/190,827, filed on Feb. 26, 2014, granted, now 10,751,217, issued on Aug. 25, 2020.
Application 18/468,640 is a continuation of application No. 17/000,223, filed on Aug. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,759,361.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/780,881, filed on Mar. 13, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2024/0000611 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. A61F 9/009 (2006.01); A61F 9/008 (2006.01); B23K 26/00 (2014.01); B23K 26/0622 (2014.01); B23K 26/082 (2014.01); B23K 26/38 (2014.01); B23K 103/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 9/009 (2013.01) [A61F 9/00804 (2013.01); A61F 9/00836 (2013.01); B23K 26/0006 (2013.01); B23K 26/0624 (2015.10); B23K 26/082 (2015.10); B23K 26/38 (2013.01); A61F 2009/00844 (2013.01); A61F 2009/00897 (2013.01); B23K 2103/32 (2018.08); B23K 2103/50 (2018.08)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A patient interface assembly for a laser eye surgery system, the patient interface assembly comprising:
an eye interface device configured to interface with an eye of a patient;
a scanner configured to be coupled with the eye interface device and operable to scan an electromagnetic radiation beam in at least two dimensions in an eye interfaced with the eye interface device, the scanner and the eye interface device configured to move in conjunction with movement of the eye;
a first support assembly that supports the scanner so as to accommodate relative movement between the scanner and the first support assembly parallel to a first direction so as to accommodate the movement of the eye;
a first brake assembly configured to brake movement between the scanner and the first support assembly during positioning of the scanner relative to the patient; and
a beam source that generates the electromagnetic radiation beam, wherein the electromagnetic radiation beam propagates from the beam source to the scanner along an optical path having an optical path length that varies in response to the movement of the eye.