Patent ID: 9560963
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F

Claim:
1. A method for performing a surgical procedure using Fourier domain optical coherence tomography (OCT), the method comprising: extracting lenticular material from within a capsular bag of an eye of a patient during the surgical procedure; directing a scanning optical beam of a Fourier domain OCT imaging system from a region anterior to cornea of the eye to a region within the capsular bag of the eye; adjusting a reference arm of the Fourier domain OCT imaging system to position an image of the region within the capsular bag within the spatial domain window of the Fourier domain OCT imaging system; adjusting a focus of the OCT imaging system to increase the brightness of an image of the region within the capsular bag; adjusting a numerical aperture of the Fourier domain OCT imaging system to increase the brightness of debris remaining within the capsular bag; acquiring at least one OCT image of an interior region of the capsular bag after extraction of lenticular material from within the capsular bag during the surgical procedure; determining from the at least one OCT image the presence of cellular debris remaining within the interior of the capsular bag during the surgical procedure; and extracting at least a portion of the remaining cellular debris from the interior of the capsular bag during the surgical procedure.