System and method for minimally traumatic ophthalmic photomedicine
US9681985B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 29, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jun 20, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 19, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2009/00897
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system and method for treating ophthalmic target tissue in which a light source generates a beam of light, a scanner unit deflects the beam of light into a pattern, a beam delivery unit for delivering the pattern to ophthalmic target tissue. The light is either pulsed or moved across the target tissue such that the light pulses having a duration of, or the light dwells on any given point of target tissue for, between 30 μs and 10 ms.
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