Laser System having an Orientation Analysis System for measuring the Orientation of the Patient

An ophthalmic laser system configured to perform laser treatments on an eye of a patient using a treatment laser beam, the laser system comprising:

• a beam delivery system for focusing the treatment laser beam so that the treatment laser beam travels toward the eye to be treated;
• a controller operatively coupled with the beam delivery system and configured to control the beam delivery system to position a focus of the laser beam at different locations within the eye or on an anterior surface of the cornea of the eye based on laser positioning data, which are indicative of or correlated with the locations within the eye to be treated;
• an orientation analysis system for acquiring orientation-related data using one or both of:
• (a) one or more body portions of the patient and
• (b) one or more objects, each of which being in a fixed position or orientation relative to a respective body portion, so that the orientation-related data depend on an orientation of the one or more body portions around an axis of the eye;
• wherein at least one of the body portions is outside of an eyeball of the eye to be treated;
• wherein the controller is further configured to determine, based on the orientation-related data:
• (i) one or more parameters of laser positioning data;
• or
• (ii) whether an exit optical element of the beam delivery system is positioned in front of a left or in front of a right eye of the patient.

An ophthalmic laser system having a beam delivery system, wherein the laser system is configured to perform laser treatments on an eye of a patient using a treatment laser beam, the laser system comprising:

• a beam delivery system for focusing the treatment laser beam so that the treatment laser beam travels toward the patient's eye;
• a controller operatively coupled with the beam delivery system and configured to control the beam delivery system to position a focus of the laser beam at different locations within the eye or on an anterior surface of the cornea of the eye;
• a guide configured to allow moving at least a portion of the beam delivery system to adjust an orientation of at least the movable portion to different orientations of the patient's head measured around an axis of the eye to be treated;
• an orientation indicating system which is configured to indicate to a user a relative orientation between:
• (a) an orientation of one or both of (i) a body portion of the patient and (ii) an object, which is in contact with or covers at least a portion of the body portion;
• and
• (b) an orientation of the movable portion of the beam delivery system, wherein the relative orientation is relative to an axis of the eye to be treated.

An ophthalmic laser system for performing laser treatments of an eye using a treatment laser beam, the laser system comprising:

• a laser applicator, which comprises an optical system through which the treatment laser beam exits the laser applicator in a direction toward the eye;
• a beam delivery system for focusing the treatment laser beam so that the treatment laser beam travels toward the eye to be treated;
• a supporting arm, wherein a free end of the supporting arm comprises or displaceably supports the laser applicator;
• a controller operatively coupled with the beam delivery system and configured to control the beam delivery system to position a focus of the laser beam at different locations within the eye or on an anterior surface of the cornea of the eye based on laser positioning data, which are indicative of or correlated with the locations within the eye to be treated;
• a giga-terahertz imaging system for acquiring image data from one or both of:
• (a) one or more body portions of the patient;
• and
• (b) one or more objects, each of which having a fixed position or orientation relative to a respective body portion;
• wherein the giga-terahertz imaging system is configured to use electromagnetic radiation having frequencies in a range of between 10 GHz and 100 THz;
• wherein laser system is further configured to:
• (i) allow one or both of (i) a user and (ii) the controller to adjust a relative position or orientation of the laser applicator relative to the patient's head using the image data;
• or to
• (ii) determine, using the controller, the laser positioning data based on the imaging data.