Patent ID: 11931294
Assignee: IRIDEX CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 9:
10. A treatment probe for treating an eye of a patient, the treatment probe comprising:
an elongate body defining a handle having a proximal end and a distal end;
a treatment fiber coupled with the elongate body and configured for delivering treatment light energy to the eye; and
a contact member disposed on an end of the elongate body, the contact member being configured for positioning on a surface of the eye;
wherein a distal end of the treatment fiber has an angle α relative to a plane that is normal to an axis of the treatment fiber, the angled distal end of the treatment fiber being configured to bend the treatment light energy toward the eye at an angle θ relative to the axis of the treatment fiber so that the treatment light energy is delivered to target tissue within the eye.