Patent ID: 7824870

Claim:
A method of using a high-intensity pulsed electric field to increase the fluidity of a volume of ocular tissue, the method comprising: (a) providing a volume of ocular tissue having protein bonds; and (b) applying a localized pulsed electric field to the ocular tissue without causing an electron avalanche; wherein the localized pulsed electric field is generated by applying to the ocular tissue a series of electric pulses, the series of electric pulses having a pulse duration shorter than a dielectric relaxation time of the protein bonds and having an electric field strength greater than one KV/cm and up to 300 KV/cm; and further wherein the series of electric pulses is delivered to the ocular tissue by two or more electrodes such that said applying of the series of electric pulses increases the fluidity of the ocular tissue by dissociating the protein bonds.