Patent ID: 11896525
Assignee: OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method of laser thermal conjunctivoplasty, comprising:
delivering laser light from a handheld laser probe to a conjunctival fold; the handheld laser probe comprising:
a pair of forceps having grasping regions; and
a line focused laser coupled to the pair of forceps, wherein the forceps are configured to grasp the conjunctival fold and hold the conjunctival fold in a focal plane of a light beam of the line focused laser, and wherein the light beam is focused into a line parallel to and just above the grasping regions of the forceps, and has a wavelength, power, and pulse duration which are configured to uniformly heat the conjunctival fold held in the forceps to a temperature high enough for shrinking a thickness of the conjunctival fold, thereby performing laser thermal conjunctivoplasty.