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

Claim 16:
17. 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:
applying a phacoemulsification ultrasound to the patient to treat the closed-angle or narrow-angle glaucoma, wherein the phacoemulsification ultrasound is applied via a phacoemulsification probe inserted through an incision in the eye of the patient; and
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 plurality of shots is applied via an excimer laser probe inserted through the incision, and wherein the treating of the patient with the excimer laser is configured to treat or prevent open-angle glaucoma in the eye of the patient.