US 11,839,536 B2
Method for patterned plasma-mediated modification of the crystalline lens
William Culbertson, Miami, FL (US); Barry Siebel, Pacific Palisades, CA (US); Neil Friedman, Menlo Park, CA (US); Georg Schuele, Menlo Park, CA (US); and Phillip Gooding, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to AMO Development, LLC, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by AMO Development, LLC, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on May 4, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/866,362.
Application 16/866,362 is a division of application No. 15/726,289, filed on Oct. 5, 2017, granted, now 10,639,140.
Application 15/726,289 is a division of application No. 14/576,422, filed on Dec. 19, 2014, granted, now 9,782,253, issued on Oct. 10, 2017.
Application 14/576,422 is a division of application No. 12/702,242, filed on Feb. 8, 2010, granted, now 8,968,375, issued on Mar. 3, 2015.
Application 12/702,242 is a division of application No. 12/048,185, filed on Mar. 13, 2008, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/906,944, filed on Mar. 13, 2007.
Prior Publication US 2020/0261215 A1, Aug. 20, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 9/007 (2006.01); A61F 2/16 (2006.01); A61F 9/00 (2006.01); A61F 9/008 (2006.01); A61F 9/009 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/1613 (2013.01) [A61F 2/16 (2013.01); A61F 2/1637 (2013.01); A61F 2/1648 (2013.01); A61F 2/1662 (2013.01); A61F 9/00 (2013.01); A61F 9/008 (2013.01); A61F 9/009 (2013.01); A61F 9/00754 (2013.01); A61F 9/00812 (2013.01); A61F 9/00825 (2013.01); A61F 2002/1683 (2013.01); A61F 2002/16901 (2015.04); A61F 2009/0087 (2013.01); A61F 2009/0088 (2013.01); A61F 2009/00859 (2013.01); A61F 2009/00872 (2013.01); A61F 2009/00887 (2013.01); A61F 2009/00897 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of treating a cataractous lens of a patient's eye, comprising:
a. generating a light beam;
b. deflecting the light beam using a scanner to form a treatment pattern of the light beam;
c. delivering the treatment pattern to the lens of the patient's eye to create a plurality of cuts in the lens in the form of the treatment pattern so as to segment the lens tissue into a plurality of patterned pieces, wherein an outer boundary of the treatment pattern defines a cross shaped incision having four cross bar quadrants as viewed from a posterior to an anterior position along an optical axis of the eye and wherein the treatment pattern extends along a length between a posterior cutting limit within the lens and an anterior surface of the lens capsule; and
d. separating the plurality of patterned pieces.