Patent ID: 9629749
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F

Claim:
1. A method for treating an eye of a patient, the eye having a sclera, a cornea, a pupil, a visual axis, and a ciliary process, and being afflicted with glaucoma, the method comprising: providing a treatment probe for treating the eye of the patient, the treatment probe including a treatment fiber for delivering a treatment laser energy to the eye from a distal end of the treatment fiber, an illumination light conduit for delivering illuminating light to the eye from a distal end of the illumination light conduit, and a contact surface for coupling with a surface of the eye; placing the contact surface of the treatment probe on the sclera of the eye of the patient; illuminating an edge of the ciliary process of the eye by directing illuminating light from the distal end of the illumination light conduit of the treatment probe through a surface of the eye to the ciliary process; positioning the distal end of the treatment fiber of the treatment probe against a surface of the sclera based on the illuminated edge of the ciliary process; delivering the treatment laser energy to the eye from the distal end of the treatment fiber and through the sclera while the treatment probe is positioned based on the illuminated edge of the ciliary process.