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Apparatus for making an eye implant

US11357615B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

ALCON INC. · CH

Inventors

Stefan Schmid · Neuendettelsau, DE
Stefan Bornemann · Erlangen, DE
Thomas Deisinger · Cadolzburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 12, 2019
Grant date	Jun 14, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 10, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/10101
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In certain embodiments, a system for making an implant for an eye comprises a printer, a camera, and a computer. The printer prints material onto a target and has a printer head and printer controller. The printer head deposits the material onto the target, and the printer controller moves the printer head to deposit the material onto a specific location of the target. The camera generates an image to monitor the printing of the material. The computer stores a pattern for the implant, which is designed to provide refractive treatment for the eye; sends instructions to the printer controller to move the printer head to print the material onto the target according to the pattern; assesses the image from the camera according to the pattern; and adjusts the instructions in response to the image.

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