Re-treatment for ophthalmic correction of refraction

US8623038B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Carl Zeiss Meditec AG · DE

Inventors

• Mark Bischoff · Jena, DE
• Dirk Muehlhoff · Jena, DE
• Gregor Stobrawa · Jena, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 25, 2008
• Grant date: Jan 7, 2014
• Expiry date: May 19, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61K9/0051
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A planning device generating control data for a treatment apparatus for refraction-correcting ophthalmic surgery is provided, said apparatus using a laser device to separate a corneal volume, which is to be removed for correction, from the surrounding cornea by at least one cut surface in the cornea of an eye, said planning device comprising an interface for receiving corneal data including information on pre-operative cuts which were generated in a previous ophthalmic operation, and computing means for defining a corneal cut surface which confines the corneal volume to be removed, said computing means defining the corneal cut surface on the basis of the corneal data and generating a control dataset for the corneal cut surface for control of the laser device.