Patent ID: 7784946

Claim:
A system for monitoring a process of corneal surgery comprising: a processor; a first and a second camera in signal communication with the processor and positionable for focusing on a cornea of an eye positioned for undergoing surgery; a first and a second display, and optics therefore, in signal communication with the processor and positionable for viewing through a first and a second eyepiece of a stereo microscope, respectively, the microscope associated with a surgical field of the cornea; a source of illumination directable toward the cornea and comprising a wavelength selected for enhancing an image of a portion of the eye; and software resident on the processor comprising code segments for: receiving a first and a second image of the cornea from the first and the second cameras; processing the received first and second images for display; and transmitting the processed first and second image to the first and the second displays, respectively, for viewing via the display optics by a surgeon through the microscope at least during the surgery, wherein the first and the second camera each comprise a color camera.