Patent ID: 7815631
Filing Date: 2010-10-19
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A system for orienting a corrective program for eye surgery comprising: a database housing a reference data set comprising digital image data on an eye of a patient, the image data having been collected with the patient in a pre-surgical position and including image data on an extracorneal eye feature; a processor and a display device in signal communication therewith; a camera for collecting a real-time data set comprising real-time digital image data on the patient eye in a surgical position different from the pre-surgical position, the real-time image data including image data on the extracorneal eye feature; and computer software resident on the processor having code segments adapted to: retrieve the reference data set from the database; display a combined image comprising a superposition of the reference and the real-time data sets; receive a determination as to whether the combined image indicates an adequate registration between the reference and the real-time data sets based upon the extracorneal eye feature data in the reference and the real-time data sets; and if the registration is not adequate, manipulate one of the reference and the real-time data sets until an adequate registration is achieved.