Patent ID: 8496649

Claim:
A laser treatment device for improving the function of the retina of a human eye by speckle pattern irradiation through the cornea of the eye to the retinal pigmented epithelium, comprising: a laser module producing a laser pulse or sequence of laser pulses each having: a pulse duration in the range of 50 ps to 500 ns; a wavelength in the range 500 nm to 900 nm; and a pulse energy in the range 10 μJ to 10 mJ; a uniform irradiance module that modifies an output beam profile of each pulse of the laser module to have a different granular spatial distribution of laser energy in order to optimize the therapeutic benefit provided by the laser treatment device; and a beam delivery and viewing module that delivers the laser pulse or pulses to the retinal pigmented epithelium with a radiant exposure in the range of 8 mJ/cm 2 to 8000 mJ/cm 2 per pulse.