Patent ID: 8210184
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A method for determining an energy level to apply to an ocular tissue target site of a patient to be treated by thermotherapy, the method comprising the steps of (a) exposing the patient to an energy level that is the maximum energy level applied to an ocular target site during thermotherapy and the temperature reached in the ocular target tissue upon exposure to less than or equal to the energy level is greater than body temperature and less than a temperature at which protein denaturation is initiated in the ocular tissue, (b) determining the energy level to be applied to the ocular target tissue based on the patient's response indicating the subjective experience of a sensation of pain at the time the patient expresses the sensation of pain, and (c) thereafter applying up to the energy level determined in (b) to an ocular tissue target site for thermotherapy.