Patent ID: 8475433

Claim:
A device for ophthalmic surgery, the device comprising: a functional element having a first end region and an opposing second end region, the first end region of the functional element sized and shaped to be coupled to a portion of a laser system and the second end region of the functional element including an applanation element configured to engage a portion of a cornea of an eye to be treated; and an eye-suction device configured to be selectively, fixedly engaged to the second end region of the functional element and configured to be selectively, fixedly engaged to the eye to be treated, the eye-suction device having a body defining a first fluid pathway of a first suction region, a second fluid pathway of a second suction region, and a third fluid passageway of a third suction region, wherein the first, second, and third suction regions are in fluid communication with at least one vacuum source such that: application of a partial vacuum to the first suction region fixedly secures the eye-suction device to the eye to be treated upon which the eye-suction device has been placed; application of a partial vacuum to the second suction region fixedly secures the eye-suction device to the second end region of the functional element; and application of a partial vacuum to the third suction region fixedly secures the cornea of the eye to be treated to the applanation element of the functional element.