Patent ID: 6562026
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
A laser eye surgery system for resculpting a cornea of a patient, the system comprising:a laser to produce a laser beam adapted to photoablate a portion of the cornea; laser delivery optics optically coupled to the laser so as to direct the laser beam toward the cornea of the patient for selectively resculpting the cornea; a microscope having an eyepiece, an objective lens, and a microscope body, the microscope body supporting the eyepiece and having a mounting surface; a delivery optics support structure supporting at least a portion of the delivery optics, the at least a portion of the delivery optics directing the laser beam toward the cornea along a treatment axis, the optics support structure having a microscope mounting pad engaging the mounting surface, the optics support structure holding the objective lens in immovable lateral alignment with the at least a portion of the delivery optics with a first tolerance, the microscope body, optics support structure, and engaged mounting pad and mounting surface supporting the eyepiece relative to the objective lens with a second tolerance which is looser than the first tolerance.