Method utilizing a laser for eye surgery
OwnerWilliam Eisenberginventor
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Abstract
Surgical apparatus including laser, probe apparatus defining a radiation inlet and a radiation outlet, the radiation inlet being coupled in radiation receiving relationship to the laser, and apparatus for injecting a precisely controllable volume of air adjacent the radiation outlet.
Claims4
A method for eye surgery on target tissue in the eye including the steps of coupling a laser to a surgical probe apparatus defining a radiation inlet and a radiation outlet, moving the probe apparatus adjacent to the target tissue in the eye, injecting a precisely controllable volume of air between the radiation outlet and the target tissue, and providing laser radiation from the laser through the probe apparatus to the target tissue while maintaining the volume of air between the probe apparatus and the target tissue, thereby to prevent physical contact between the radiation outlet and the target tissue during laser irradiation.
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