Patent Document ID: 8672924
Application ID: 13691691
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of treating ophthalmic target tissue using a treatment pattern of lesions, wherein the treatment pattern comprises a first sub-pattern of lesions and a second sub-pattern of lesions, the method comprising: delivering a beam of light to the ophthalmic target tissue; creating, using the delivered beam of light, the first sub-pattern of lesions on the ophthalmic target tissue, wherein the first sub-pattern includes: a plurality of ophthalmoscopically invisible lesions, and at least one ophthalmoscopically visible lesion; after creating the first sub-pattern, aligning the beam of light based on an ophthalmoscopically visible lesion from the first sub-pattern, and creating the second sub-pattern of lesions on the ophthalmic target tissue using the aligned beam of light, wherein the ophthalmoscopically visible lesion from the first sub-pattern indicates an end of the first sub-pattern, and wherein the second sub-pattern is adjacent the first sub-pattern but does not overlap the first sub-pattern.