| CPC A61F 9/00825 (2013.01) [A61F 2009/00855 (2013.01); A61F 2009/00868 (2013.01); A61F 2009/00891 (2013.01)] | 8 Claims |

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1. A method of treating a target volume of ocular tissue of an irido-corneal angle of an eye with a laser beam having a direction of propagation toward the target volume of ocular tissue, the method comprising:
forming an opening that extends from an interior of a Schlemm's canal to an anterior chamber by:
initially photodisrupting tissue at an initial depth corresponding to a distal extent of the target volume of ocular tissue, which distal extent is positioned at least partially within the Schlemm's canal, by placing a focus of the laser beam at the initial depth and scanning the focus through a treatment plane; and
subsequently photodisrupting tissue at a plurality of subsequent depths between the distal extent of the target volume of ocular tissue and a proximal extent of the target volume of ocular tissue, which proximal extent is positioned at least partially within an anterior chamber by: a) moving the focus in the direction opposite the direction of propagation of the laser beam to a first subsequent depth and scanning the focus through a treatment plane at the first subsequent depth, and b) repeating step a) for each of the remaining plurality of subsequent depths including a last depth corresponding to the proximal extent; and
after forming the opening that extends from the interior of the Schlemm's canal to the anterior chamber, clearing tissue debris or bubbles from within the opening by:
initially photodisrupting tissue debris or bubbles at the last depth by scanning the focus through a treatment plane at the last depth; and
subsequently photodisrupting tissue debris or bubbles at each of the remaining plurality of subsequent depths and the initial depth by: c) moving the focus of the laser in the direction of propagation of the laser to beam to a first remaining subsequent depth and scanning the focus through a treatment plane at the first remaining subsequent depth, and d) repeating step c) for each of the remaining subsequent depths and the initial depth.
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