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Device and method for cutting a cornea or crystalline lens

US11351062B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 7, 2015
Grant dateJun 7, 2022
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Expiry dateOct 13, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB23K2103/32
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device for cutting human or animal tissue including a femtosecond laser that can emit a L.A.S.E.R. beam in the form of impulses. The device directs and focuses the beam onto or into the tissue for the cutting thereof. The device further includes and element to shape the L.A.S.E.R. beam, positioned in the trajectory of the beam, and to modulate the energy distribution of the L.A.S.E.R. beam in the focal plane thereof, corresponding to the cutting plane.

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