Patent ID: 8715272

Claim:
A method for controlling, by a control computer, one or more components that set a location of a radiation focus in a cornea according to an incision figure, the method comprising: generating, by the components, a bed incision of the incision figure at a uniform depth of the cornea to create a corneal bed; generating, by the components, a wedge incision of the incision figure to create a peripheral edge of a corneal flap disposed anterior to the corneal bed; and generating, by the components, a marginal incision of the incision figure, a majority of the marginal incision disposed outwardly from the wedge incision in a radial direction, the bed incision, the wedge incision, and the marginal incision defining at least one separable tissue strip along the edge of the flap, the tissue strip having a radial width perpendicular to the edge of the flap and parallel to the anterior surface of the cornea, the radial width increasing from the most anterior part of the strip towards the most posterior part of the strip.