Patent ID: 7699468

Claim:
An opthalmologic surgical microscope for use by a surgeon during an ongoing surgical procedure on a patient eye to continuously determine the optical state of said patient eye, said patient eye having optically effective surfaces including a first surface of the eye lens facing toward the vitreous body of said eye, a second surface of said eye lens facing toward the cornea of said eye and a third surface defining the surface of said cornea; said first, second and third surfaces having predetermined courses with respect to each other; the opthalmologic surgical microscope comprising: a measuring device for measuring at least one optical characteristic variable which incorporates data characterizing said optical surfaces of said patient eye; a computer unit connected to said measuring device for receiving the measured optical characteristic variable; said computer unit being adapted to continuously compute a model including said first, second and third surfaces of said patient eye from said measured optical characteristic variable during the course of said surgical procedure; and, a display device connected to said computer unit and being adapted to continuously display the computed model of said patient eye to permit the surgeon to detect changes in the condition of the eye during surgery to facilitate adaptation to said changes of an intraocular lens inserted into said patient eye during said ongoing surgical procedure.