US 12,029,685 B2
Apparatus for individual therapy planning and positionally accurate modification of an optical element
Manfred Dick, Gefell (DE); Matthias Reich, Jena (DE); and Diego Zimare, Pausa (DE)
Assigned to CARL ZEISS MEDITEC AG, Jena (DE)
Filed by Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Jena (DE)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/707,988.
Application 17/707,988 is a division of application No. 16/513,821, filed on Jul. 17, 2019, granted, now 11,311,418.
Application 16/513,821 is a continuation of application No. 15/257,934, filed on Sep. 7, 2016, granted, now 10,398,600, issued on Sep. 3, 2019.
Application 15/257,934 is a continuation of application No. 12/376,847, granted, now 9,463,115, issued on Oct. 11, 2016, previously published as PCT/EP2007/006898, filed on Aug. 3, 2007.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2006 036 800.2 (DE), filed on Aug. 7, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2022/0218527 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 9/008 (2006.01); A61B 3/10 (2006.01); A61B 3/103 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 9/00836 (2013.01) [A61B 3/1005 (2013.01); A61B 3/102 (2013.01); A61B 3/1025 (2013.01); A61B 3/103 (2013.01); A61F 9/008 (2013.01); A61F 9/00838 (2013.01); A61F 2009/00851 (2013.01); A61F 2009/0088 (2013.01); A61F 2009/00887 (2013.01); A61F 2009/00895 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for performing partial phacoemulsification, the method comprising:
cutting a complete path along an inner nucleus of a human eye lens;
reducing, with a laser, the nucleus to fragments using geometric cutting patterns; and
removing the nucleus of the lens using an irrigation device to produce a hollow lens body.