Graphical user interface for laser eye surgery system

A system for planning and performing a laser surgery procedure on an eye having a cornea, a pupil, and a lens, the cornea having an anterior surface and a posterior surface, the lens being disposed within a lens capsule having an anterior portion and a posterior portion, the system comprising:

• a treatment lase delivery system including a laser source configured to produce a treatment beam that includes a plurality of laser pulses;
• an integrated optical system that includes an imaging assembly containing at least one optical lens and operatively coupled to the treatment laser delivery system for the treatment beam such that the imaging assembly and the treatment laser delivery system share at least one common optical element, the integrated optical system being configured to locate at least a portion of the corneal anterior surface and at least a portion of the corneal posterior surface;
• a patient interface configured to couple the eye with the integrated optical system so as to constrain the position of the eye relative to the integrated optical system;
• a display device;
• and
• a controller operatively coupled with the display device, the laser source, and the integrated optical system;
• the controller being configured to:
• generate, relative to the integrated optical system, a spatial disposition of the corneal anterior surface and a spatial disposition of the corneal posterior surface by using the integrated optical system to locate at least portions of the corneal anterior and posterior surfaces;
• generate a spatial disposition of an incision to be formed in the cornea using the spatial dispositions of the corneal anterior and posterior surfaces and at least one corneal incision parameter, the at least one corneal incision parameter including a first numerical parameter that defines an amount of an uncut anterior region of the cornea and/or a second numerical parameter that defines an amount of an uncut posterior region of the cornea, the incision being a two-dimensional surface, wherein the corneal incision extends partially through the cornea so as to leave the uncut anterior or posterior region of the cornea aligned with one or more cut portions of the corneal incision, the corneal incision and the uncut anterior or posterior region of the cornea defining an access path for a cataract surgery instrument;
• display a composite image on the display device, the composite image including an image representative of the spatial dispositions of the corneal anterior and posterior surfaces and an image representing the corneal incision, and display the first and/or the second numerical parameter on the display device;
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• operate the a treatment lase delivery system to deliver the treatment beam into the eye to form the incision in the cornea.