Patent ID: 9629750
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: A61F

Claim:
1. A multi-mode system for sequentially performing different ophthalmic laser surgeries on selected tissue in an eye which comprises: a laser unit for generating a pulsed laser beam, and for focusing the laser beam to a focal point, to perform a Laser Induced Optical Breakdown (LIOB) procedure on the selected tissue; a control console comprising a mode selector configured to prompt a user to select system functionalities relative to a default operational mode to define a first operational mode and a second operational mode for the system, wherein the first and second modes are respectively defined for LIOB of at least two different anatomical components of the eye, and wherein for each operational mode, the mode selector is configured to prompt the user to select configuration parameters for the laser beam, a process for establishing a base reference datum in the eye, a plan for scanning the focal point of the laser beam through the selected tissue relative to a selected base reference datum; a patient interface for stabilizing the eye relative to the laser unit; wherein the patient interface is established to sequentially exert a first pressure against the eye in the first operational mode and to then exert a second pressure against the eye for the second operational mode; and a computer connected to the laser unit and to the mode selector, wherein the computer is responsive to the mode selector for operating and switching the laser unit to selectively implement each operational mode.