Patent ID: 8425496

Claim:
A device for laser surgical ophthalmology, comprising: a source of a pulsed femtosecond laser beam, beam expansion optics in optical communication with the source of the pulsed femtosecond laser beam, the beam expansion optics configured to expand the pulsed femtosecond laser beam, a scanner in optical communication with the beam expansion optics, the scanner configured to deflect the laser beam in a plane perpendicular to an axial beam path, focusing optics in optical communication with the scanner, the focusing optics configured to focus the pulsed femtosecond laser beam, a deformable mirror arranged between the source of the pulsed femtosecond laser beam and the focusing optics along the beam path, and a program-controlled adjustment and control arrangement coupled to the deformable mirror, the program-controlled adjustment and control arrangement configured to deform the mirror for displacement of a focus of the pulsed femtosecond laser beam in the axial direction of the beam path in accordance with a predetermined cutting profile to be produced in a patient's eye.