Patent ID: 8419721

Claim:
A laser system for ophthalmic surgery, comprising; a laser source, to generate a pulsed laser beam; a first Z scanner, to receive the pulsed laser beam, and to output a Z-scanning beam, scanned over a first Z scanning range, an XY scanner, to receive the pulsed laser beam from the first Z scanner, and to output an XY-scanning beam, scanned in two directions transverse to a Z direction; a second Z scanner in a scanner housing, to receive the XY-scanning beam, and to output an XYZ-scanning beam, scanned additionally in the Z direction over a second Z scanning range; a mirror, to deflect the XYZ-scanning beam received from the Z scanner; and an objective, in an objective housing, to receive the deflected XYZ-scanning beam; and to focus the received XYZ-scanning beam onto a target region, wherein the scanner housing is separate from the objective housing.