Patent ID: 7997279

Claim:
A method for treating a patient ocular site in need of one or more of a physiological and a vision or perceptual correction, comprising directing treatment energy to and through a first intercepting tissue and to and within a second intercepting tissue of the biological site, an intersection of the treatment energy and the first intercepting tissue having a first shape and a first area, and an intersection of the treatment energy and the second intercepting tissue having a second reference shape and a second reference area, wherein the directing is characterized by one or more of the following non-equivalent and non-interchangeable features: (a) a maximum dimension of the first shape is greater than a maximum dimension of the first reference shape, (b) the first area is greater than the first reference area, and (c) a maximum concentration or intensity of treatment energy in the first area is less than a maximum concentration or intensity of treatment energy in the first reference area.