Patent ID: 6932808

Claim:
An apparatus for use with a laser delivery system for treating presbyopia in a patient, the apparatus comprising a tangible medium having at least one machine readable code, the at least one machine readable code including instructions for a laser system to ablate a superior area of an optical zone of the patient's cornea to provide a near-distance vision upper refractive shape and an inferior area of the optical zone of the cornea to provide a far-distance vision lower refractive shape, wherein the superior area is disposed toward the top of the patient's head, when the patient is in a substantially vertical position, such that vision from the superior area is predominantly blocked by one or more parts of the patient's body and the inferior area is predominantly exposed when the eye focuses towards the horizon, and the inferior area is disposed below the superior area such that vision from the inferior area is predominantly blocked by one or more other parts of the patient's body and the superior area is predominantly exposed when the eye focuses in a downward direction.