US 11,998,486 B2
Apparatus for patterned plasma-mediated laser ophthalmic surgery
Daniel V. Palanker, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Mark S. Blumenkranz, Portola Valley, CA (US); David H. Mordaunt, Los Gatos, CA (US); and Dan E. Andersen, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Assigned to AMO Development, LLC, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by AMO Development, LLC, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/453,825.
Application 17/453,825 is a continuation of application No. 16/194,112, filed on Nov. 16, 2018, granted, now 11,364,147.
Application 16/194,112 is a continuation of application No. 15/007,051, filed on Jan. 26, 2016, granted, now 10,130,510, issued on Nov. 20, 2018.
Application 15/007,051 is a continuation of application No. 14/742,663, filed on Jun. 17, 2015, granted, now 9,271,870, issued on Mar. 1, 2016.
Application 14/742,663 is a continuation of application No. 14/184,047, filed on Feb. 19, 2014, granted, now 9,101,448, issued on Aug. 11, 2015.
Application 14/184,047 is a continuation of application No. 13/588,966, filed on Aug. 17, 2012, granted, now 8,709,001, issued on Apr. 29, 2014.
Application 13/588,966 is a continuation of application No. 11/328,970, filed on Jan. 9, 2006, granted, now 8,394,084, issued on Mar. 12, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/643,056, filed on Jan. 10, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2022/0054308 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 9/008 (2006.01); A61B 18/20 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61F 2/16 (2006.01); A61F 9/007 (2006.01); A61F 9/009 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 9/008 (2013.01) [A61B 18/20 (2013.01); A61B 90/361 (2016.02); A61F 2/1602 (2013.01); A61F 9/00736 (2013.01); A61F 9/00754 (2013.01); A61F 9/00812 (2013.01); A61F 9/00814 (2013.01); A61F 9/00825 (2013.01); A61F 9/00831 (2013.01); A61F 9/00834 (2013.01); A61F 9/00836 (2013.01); A61F 9/00838 (2013.01); A61F 9/0084 (2013.01); A61F 9/009 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61F 2009/00844 (2013.01); A61F 2009/00851 (2013.01); A61F 2009/00865 (2013.01); A61F 2009/0087 (2013.01); A61F 2009/00878 (2013.01); A61F 2009/00882 (2013.01); A61F 2009/00887 (2013.01); A61F 2009/00889 (2013.01); A61F 2009/00895 (2013.01); A61F 2009/00897 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method implemented in a laser surgical system which includes a control system, the method being implemented in the control system for making incisions in ocular tissue of an eye, the method comprising:
operating an imaging device to acquire image data corresponding to a depth profile of the eye, the depth profile including information regarding locations of one or more ocular tissues in a posterior pole of the eye;
identifying one or more treatment regions in the posterior pole based up the image data;
identifying a location of a target tissue near the posterior pole based in part on the image data;
determining a treatment scanning pattern within the one or more treatment regions based in part on the image data;
operating a laser of the laser surgical system to generate a pulsed laser beam having a plurality of laser pulses; and
operating a scanning assembly of the laser surgical system to scan a focal zone of the pulsed laser beam according to the treatment scanning pattern within the one or more treatment regions, wherein each of the plurality of laser pulses of the pulsed laser beam scanned according to the treatment scanning pattern is sufficient to create a rupture zone in the ocular tissue in the posterior pole.