Patent ID: 9351826
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. A method of replacing all or part of a mammalian lens in a mammalian eye, comprising: focusing a plurality of ultra-short laser pulses to a focal region within said mammalian lens, each of said ultra-short pulses having a pulse energy in a range of 10-100 μJ and focused to spot diameter in a range of 10-100 μm, creating a pulse intensity within said focal region in a range of 10 removing said multi-photon ablated lens tissue from said lens via a first micro-channel extending from a vicinity of said focal region to at least the surface of said mammalian eye thereby creating a multi-photon ablated cavity within said mammalian lens; injecting a transformable material into said cavity within said lens via a second micro-channel extending from at least said surface of said mammalian eye; and transforming said transformable material, once inside said cavity, to a replacement material having physical and optical properties that substantially match the functional physical and optical properties of a lens of a healthy mammalian eye.