Patent ID: 9395558
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F,G02C

Claim Text:
1. A method of treating an eye of a patient, the eye having a cornea, the method comprising: measuring the eye to determine data of the eye corresponding to an inner ablated portion of the cornea and an outer unablated portion of the cornea away from the ablated portion; and identifying a covering of a plurality of coverings to treat the eye based on the data of the eye and an array of data corresponding to the plurality of therapeutic coverings, wherein the covering comprises an inner covering portion and an outer covering portion, the inner covering portion contacting the inner ablated portion of the cornea and an outer covering portion contacting an unablated portion when placed on the cornea and wherein the inner covering portion prior to placement on the eye has a covering curvature no more than a curvature of the ablated portion of the cornea and wherein the outer covering portion comprises a curvature prior to placement on the eye no more than the outer unablated portion of the cornea and wherein the covering resists movement of the inner portion when placed on the eye, and wherein the inner portion of the covering comprises an amount of rigidity within a range from about 1E-4 to about 5E-4 (Pa*m^3) and the outer portion of the covering comprises an outer amount of rigidity less than the amount of rigidity of the inner portion.