Patent Document ID: 20010016733
Application ID: 09742885
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for correcting vision, comprising the steps of: a. selecting an eye for treatment; b. creating a surface flap of corneal tissue and folding the surface flap aside to expose a corneal surface having a corneal surface area; c. applying at least a first laser shot and a second laser shot to the corneal surface area, each of the laser shots spaced apart from each other and having, i) a wavelength sufficient to cause ablation of the corneal surface, ii) a center point and an area less than the corneal surface area; d. spacing the center point of the first laser shot apart from the center point of the second laser shot so that any plume of ablated material caused by the first laser shot will not substantially interfere with the second laser shot's ablation of the corneal surface; and e. repeating steps c and d a sufficient number of times to effect a desired vision correction for the selected eye.