Patent ID: 11911103
Assignee: CARL ZEISS MEDITEC AG
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 11:
12. An ophthalmic system comprising:
a patient interface, including a face mask that establishes a predefined alignment between the ophthalmic system and an eye of the patient;
wherein:
the face mask is embodied within a mechanical scanning system including a plurality of contact probes, a displacement of the contact probes defining the contours of the face mask;
the contact probes are displaced in response to a patient pressing their face into the mechanical scanning system, and the displaced positions of the contact probes are lockable in their displaced positions; and
the displaced positions of the contact probes define a probe height map that is stored in electronic memory, and select contact probes are moveable to target positions specified by their corresponding, previously stored, probe height map.