Patent ID: 6609794
Filing Date: 2003-08-26
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
A method for treating an eye of a human patient, comprising the steps of:providing an ophthalmic instrument having an optical axis and an integral wavefront sensor disposed along said optical axis; aligning said optical axis with said eye; illuminating the eye with light produced from a light source and enabling said wavefront sensor to perform wavefront sensing operations that measure high order aberrations of said eye; displaying a graphical representation of said high order aberrations of said eye measured by said wavefront sensor; and treating said eye to correct for said high order aberrations of said eye; wherein said graphical representation comprises coefficients corresponding to pre-specified terms that characterize aberrations of said eye; and wherein said graphical representation further comprises predefined two-dimensional icons that provide a general graphical depiction of said pre-specified terms.