Patent ID: 11918516
Assignee: ELIOS VISION, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method of treating a patient having an eye condition, the method comprising:
determining that the patient has a closed-angle or narrow-angle glaucoma, wherein the closed-angle or narrow-angle glaucoma causes at least partial blockage of fluid flow from an anterior chamber of an eye of the patient located between a cornea of the eye and a lens of the eye through a trabecular meshwork of the eye due to bulging of an iris of the eye; and
based on the determining that the patient has the closed-angle or narrow-angle glaucoma, performing a single surgical procedure on the patient, wherein the single surgical procedure comprises:
treating the closed-angle or narrow-angle glaucoma with a first treatment; and
treating the patient with a second treatment different from the first treatment, wherein the treating of the patient with the second treatment comprises treating the patient with an excimer laser to create a plurality of perforations in the trabecular meshwork by applying a plurality of shots to the trabecular meshwork from the excimer laser, wherein the second treatment is configured to treat or prevent open-angle glaucoma in the eye of the patient.