Patent ID: 9427358
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. A method of structurally weakening the sclera in an eye to improve a presbyopia condition of the eye, the method comprising: using a pulsed laser system to generate a three-dimensional (3-D) pattern of focused laser pulses in the sclera, the laser pulses passing noninvasively through a conjunctiva layer in the eye to a plurality of foci in the sclera to structurally weaken the sclera at the foci, thereby producing a 3-D pattern of structurally weakened regions in the sclera that increases the eye's range of ocular accommodation and improves the presbyopia condition; wherein each of the structurally weakened regions in the sclera has a 3-D ellipsoidal shape.