Patent ID: 6698889
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: A61F,G06Q,G16H,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for optimizing a prescription for laser-ablation corneal treatment comprising the steps of:receiving a measured correction prescription for a current patient having a classification element associated therewith, the correction prescription having been measured using a wavefront determination; accessing a database of treatment outcomes on a plurality of previously treated patients, each treated patient outcome having associated therewith at least one classification element and comprising a preoperative wavefront-determined correction prescription and a postoperative visual profile; calculating from the treatment outcomes in the database an average difference between the preoperative prescription and the postoperative profile for at least some of the previously treated patients having a classification element in common with the current patient; and adjusting the current patient correction prescription commensurate with the calculated average difference to form an optimized prescription.