Patent Document ID: 20010021846
Application ID: 09745285
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for correcting vision comprising: a) selecting a patient's eye for treatment; b) folding a surface flap of corneal tissue of the selected eye aside; c) exposing a surface of the cornea under the flap; d) applying a first laser shot to the exposed corneal surface; i) the laser shot having a wavelength of 193 nanometers; ii) the laser shot having a diameter and an area; iii) the laser shot having a center point; iv) the laser shot area being smaller than the area of the exposed corneal surface; and v) the laser shot ablating corneal tissue from the exposed corneal surface; e) applying a second laser shot to the exposed corneal surface; i) the laser shot having a wavelength of 193 nanometers; ii) the laser shot having a diameter and an area; iii) the laser shot having a center point; iv) the laser shot area being smaller than the area of the exposed corneal surface; and v) the laser shot ablating corneal tissue from the exposed corneal surface; f) the second laser shot being removed from the first laser shot; g) the distance between the center point of the first laser shot and the center point of the second laser shot being sufficient so that any plume of ablated material from the first laser shot will not substantially interfere with the second laser shot; and, h) repeating acts d) through g) a plurality of times.