Patent ID: 11969211
Assignee: VIALASE, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 15:
16. A method of visualizing an eye for laser treatment of a target volume of ocular tissue in an irido-corneal angle by a laser surgical instrument having a surgical range, the method comprising:
capturing an image of the irido-corneal angle through a handheld device having an optical assembly that is optically coupled with the eye to provide a line of sight in a direction of the irido-corneal angle of the eye, wherein the handheld device is independent of the laser surgical instrument;
displaying the image; and
overlaying on the image, a surgical area overlay corresponding to the surgical range of the laser surgical instrument,
wherein the surgical area overlay comprises a circumference scanning mark, which indicates a length and an orientation of a circumferential optical coherence tomography (OCT) scan of an OCT imaging apparatus associated with the laser surgical instrument.