Patent ID: 8858539
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. Ophthalmological apparatus, comprising: a base station with a light source for generating light pulses, a support arm mounted on the base station, an application head that is mounted on the support arm and can be placed onto an eye and has a light projector for focused projection of the light pulses for punctiform breakdown of eye tissue, the light projector residing in an application head housing that is independent from the base station and the support arm, an optical transmission system for transmitting the light pulses from the base station through the support arm to the application head, wherein the support arm is of rigid design with a horizontal orientation and, at one end, has a hinge with an essentially horizontally oriented rotation axis, the hinge being mounted in such a way that the application head can be placed onto the eye with a rotation extending about the horizontal rotation axis; and a scanner arranged in the application head and configured to deflect the light pulse in at least two scanning directions, the scanner being configured to receive light from the light source and to transmit the received light to the projector.