Title:
APPARATUS FOR OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE USING FEMTOSECOND FIBER LASER
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2012120858
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide an apparatus for fast refraction-correction ophthalmologic surgery in order to change the corneal curvature in a controlled way.
The apparatus is composed of: a pulse laser device 110 having an optical fiber gain medium and giving a pulse repetition rate larger than 100,000 pulses per second and a per-pulse length of less than a few picosecond; and an optical path including a scanning head operably coupled to receive laser light 129 from the pulse laser device and operable to scan an output light pattern suitable to sculpt tissue for a surgical procedure using at least 100,000 pulses in less than 10 seconds.
Inventors:
BENDETT MARK
BISCHOFF MARK
GERLACH MARIO
MUEHLHOFF DIRK
BISCHOFF MARK
GERLACH MARIO
MUEHLHOFF DIRK
Application Number:
JP2012019999A
Publication Date:
June 28, 2012
Filing Date:
February 01, 2012
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ZEISS CARL MEDITEC AG
IMRA AMERICA INC
IMRA AMERICA INC
International Classes:
A61F9/008; A61F9/01; A61N5/067; B23K26/06; H01S3/00; H01S3/067
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2001276112A | 2001-10-09 | |||
| JP2001353176A | 2001-12-25 | |||
| JP2001276112A | 2001-10-09 | |||
| JPH037152A | 1991-01-14 | |||
| JP2002500522A | 2002-01-08 |
Foreign References:
| WO2002084821A2 | 2002-10-24 | |||
| WO2002038323A1 | 2002-05-16 |
Other References:
JPN6012044420; Ｈｏｌｇｅｒ Ｌｕｂａｔｓｃｈｏｗｓｋｉ ｅｔ ａｌ．: 'Ｍｅｄｉｃａｌ ａｐｐｌｉｃａｔｉｏｎｓ ｆｏｒ ｕｌｔｒａｆａｓｔ ｌａｓｅｒ ｐｕｌｓｅｓ' ＲＩＫＥＮ Ｒｅｖｉｅｗ 第５０号, 200301, ｐ． １１３-１１８
JPN6012045594; Ｈｅｉｎｒｉｃｈ Ｅｎｄｅｒｔ ｅｌ ａｌ．: 'Ｎｏｖｅｌ ｕｌｔｒａｓｈｏｒｔ ｐｕｌｓｅ ｆｉｂｅｒ ｌａｓｅｒｓ ｆｏｒ ｍｉｃｒｏｍａｃｈｉｎｉｎｇ ａｐｐｌｉｃａｔｉｏｎｓ' ＲＩＫＥＮ Ｒｅｖｉｅｗ 第４３号, 200201, ｐ． ２３-２７
JPN6012045594; Ｈｅｉｎｒｉｃｈ Ｅｎｄｅｒｔ ｅｌ ａｌ．: 'Ｎｏｖｅｌ ｕｌｔｒａｓｈｏｒｔ ｐｕｌｓｅ ｆｉｂｅｒ ｌａｓｅｒｓ ｆｏｒ ｍｉｃｒｏｍａｃｈｉｎｉｎｇ ａｐｐｌｉｃａｔｉｏｎｓ' ＲＩＫＥＮ Ｒｅｖｉｅｗ 第４３号, 200201, ｐ． ２３-２７
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Akira Kano