Patent ID: 8758332

Claim:
A system for performing cataract surgery on a living eye by providing laser shot patterns to the living eye, to replace a surgeon mechanical cut and reduce surgeon-to-surgeon variability, the system comprising: a) a therapeutic laser for producing a laser beam; and b) optics for receiving the laser beam and directing the laser beam to a living eye so that: (i) a laser shot pattern for performing a capsulotomy is generated in the living eye; (ii) a laser shot pattern for sectioning a lens of the living eye is generated in the living eye; and, (iii) a laser shot pattern for providing an incision in a cornea of the living eye for the insertion of an instrument into the living eye, the removal of lens material from the living eye and the insertion of replacement lens material into the living eye, is generated in the living eye; the incision having a cross sectional length and facing surfaces, whereby upon completion of the insertion and removal of the instrument or the lens material the facing surfaces contact each other; the incision having an anterior start point and a posterior end point; the cross sectional length of the incision being greater than a distance between the anterior start point and the posterior end point; and wherein an angle of the incision in the cornea of the eye at the anterior start point with respect to an anterior surface of the cornea of the eye is shallow.