Patent ID: 9352415
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: A61F,B23K

Claim Text:
1. A computer implemented method of generating an ablation control program to control emission of a pulsed laser energy beam from a laser to accomplish ablation of material from a surface of a body by application of the pulsed laser energy, comprising: predetermining a predetermined desired ablation profile which indicates ablation depth as a function of a location on the surface of the body or which indicates ablation depth as a function of a direction of the laser beam with respect to the body; modifying the predetermined desired ablation profile as a function of a beam profile of the laser beam, the beam profile being a course of intensity or of surface area related energy or fluence of a pulse of laser energy over a beam cross section near the surface of the body, and also as a function of an inclination of the surface of the body to be ablated to create a pre-compensated desired ablation profile that is based on the energy distribution across the beam profile and the inclination of the surface at a respective target location on the surface; and then, generating the ablation control program based on the pre-compensated desired ablation profile following the modification of the predetermined desired ablation profile; wherein the ablation control program comprises at least one of a series of target locations related to the surface of the body or target directions onto or into which the pulsed laser energy beam is to be applied.