Patent Document ID: 7987077
Application ID: 12029314
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A system for simulating a Laser Induced Optical Breakdown (LIOB) protocol to establish a surgical LIOB treatment for a patient, the system comprising: a library including a plurality of nomograms and a plurality of finite element models, wherein each nomogram specifies an LIOB treatment protocol for a particular vision defect and wherein each model characterizes a corneal configuration for a particular vision defect, and further wherein each model corresponds to at least one nomogram for the same particular vision defect; and a computer means for conjunctively selecting a nomogram and a corresponding model according to a same particular vision defect, to create an initial corneal configuration, and for selectively individualizing the initial corneal configuration with diagnostic patient data to create an individualized corneal configuration to simulate LIOB thereon in accordance with the LIOB treatment protocol specified by the nomogram using the finite element model selected, and to modify the selectively individualized corneal configuration to establish the surgical LIOB treatment for the particular vision defect.