Patent ID: 11890227
Assignee: ALCON INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A surgical system for projecting illumination onto an eye comprising:
a microscope;
a camera communicatively coupled to surgical console, the camera operable to collect image data of an eye; and
the surgical console communicatively coupled to the camera, the surgical console operable to receive the image data, the surgical console comprising:
a processor; and
a memory, the memory comprising code executable by the processor and the processor operable to process the image data in a manner defined by the code to identify one or more eye features suitable for a glaucoma flap procedure;

a projector communicatively coupled to the surgical console and operable to project visible, non-treatment light onto a surface of an eye, the projected light being in the form of one or more discrete light projections directed to one or more particular locations of the eye suitable for a glaucoma flap procedure based on the received image data while not illuminating a pupil of the eye or an area of the eye not applicable to the glaucoma flap procedure.