Patent ID: 6626898
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
A method for correcting vision comprising:selecting a pattern for the placement of laser beam pulses on an eye; the selected pattern comprising at least three points; applying a first laser pulse to the corneal surface of the eye at the first point in the pattern, applying a second laser pulse immediately subsequent to the first laser pulse to the corneal surface at the second point in the pattern, and applying a third laser pulse immediately subsequent to the second laser pulse to the corneal surface at the third point in the pattern; the laser pulses ablating an area of tissue from the cornea of the eye; the ablated area of tissue from the second pulse being spaced apart sufficiently from the ablated area of tissue from the first pulse so that any plume of ablated material from the first pulse will not substantially interfere with the second pulse; and, the area of ablated tissue from the third pulse being sufficiently removed from the area of ablated tissue of the second pulse so that any plume of ablated material from the second pulse will not substantially interfere with the third pulse.