Patent ID: 11865042
Assignee: AMO DEVELOPMENT, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 5:
6. A laser surgical method for performing a corneal incision in an eye of a patient while maintaining iris exposure below a predetermined exposure limit, the method comprising:
generating a simulated initial treatment scan pattern of a pulsed laser treatment beam corresponding to a predetermined corneal incision in the eye;
calculating a first time period over which the initial treatment scan pattern is carried out to deliver a first amount of laser energy on an iris tissue of the eye;
determining whether the first time period is greater than a predetermined minimum time period to deliver the first amount of laser energy on the iris tissue;
generating a simulated revised treatment scan pattern of the pulsed laser treatment beam for incising the corneal tissue which is different from the initial treatment scan pattern and which comprises one or more treatment scan modifying elements when the first time period is not greater than the predetermined minimum time period, wherein the one or more treatment scan modifying elements cause a calculated second time period over which the revised treatment scan pattern is carried out to be greater than the predetermined minimum time period; and
scanning a focal zone of the pulsed laser treatment beam according to the revised treatment scan pattern, thereby performing the corneal incision.