Patent ID: 9707129
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F

Claim:
1. A method for providing therapeutic treatment to a patient's eye, the method comprising: delivering an aiming beam from a first light source along a first optical path; defining, via the aiming beam, a treatment pattern on retinal tissue of the patient's eye, the treatment pattern comprising a plurality of geometric shapes that are arranged to form a continuous and connected grid or array of the geometric shapes on the retinal tissue; and delivering, via a treatment beam from a second light source, a therapeutic treatment to the retinal tissue of the patient's eye within the plurality of geometric shapes of the treatment pattern, the delivered therapeutic treatment comprising a plurality of treatment spots within the defined treatment pattern at an intensity below that which effects coagulative damage so as to minimize damage to the retinal tissue, the treatment beam being delivered along a second optical path that is different from the first optical path of the aiming beam.