Patent ID: 8900296
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A method of correcting vision, comprising: determining a post-operative shape of an anterior surface of a cornea, the post-operative shape defining a post-operative central elevation change of a central portion of the anterior surface of the cornea; selecting a corneal inlay that will, upon implantation, increase a curvature of the central portion of the anterior surface of the cornea to obtain the post-operative shape and the post-operative central elevation change; wherein the central thickness of the selected corneal inlay is about 50 microns or less; implanting the selected corneal inlay within the cornea to thereby increase the curvature of the central portion of the anterior surface of the cornea and to thereby alter the cornea to have the post-operative shape and the post-operative central elevation change; wherein the determining step occurs prior to the implanting step; and wherein the step of selecting the corneal inlay comprises selecting a corneal inlay with a central thickness that is 3 to 7 times the central elevation change.