Patent ID: 8712536

Claim:
A system for applying thermokeratoplasty to an eye, the system comprising: an electrical energy source; and an electrical energy conducting element extending from a proximal end to a distal end, the energy conducting element electrically connected to the electrical energy source at the proximal end, the energy conducting element including: an outer conductor extending to the distal end, the outer conductor including a plurality of moveable outer segments; and an inner conductor extending to the distal end and disposed within the outer conductor, the inner conductor including a plurality of moveable inner segments, the outer conductor and the inner conductor being separated by a gap, the plurality of outer segments and the plurality of inner segments forming a total contact surface at the distal end, the total contact surface being positionable at a corneal surface of an eye such that an energy is applied to the eye according to the total contact surface to cause shrinkage of corneal tissue of the eye in response to the electrical connection between the energy conducting element and the electrical energy source, wherein each of the plurality of outer segments is individually and separately moveable and each of the plurality of inner segments is individually and separately moveable.