Method of treating the human eye with a wavefront sensor-based ophthalmic instrument

A method for treating a human eye, comprising the steps of:

• providing an ophthalmic instrument having an optical axis and an integral wavefront sensor disposed along said optical axis;
• aligning the optical axis of said ophthalmic instrument with said human eye;
• illuminating said human eye with light produced from a light source and enabling said wavefront sensor to perform wavefront sensing operations that measure high order aberrations of said human eye;
• displaying a graphical representation of said high order aberrations of said human eye measured by said wavefront sensor;
• and
• treating said human eye to correct for said high order aberrations of said human eye;
• wherein said graphical representation comprises coefficients corresponding to pre-specified terms that characterize aberrations of said human eye;
• wherein said ophthalmic instrument is configured as a hand-held binocular instrument having two channels, and
• wherein each said channel has a separate wavefront sensor.

A method for treating a human eye, comprising the steps of:

• providing an ophthalmic instrument having an optical axis and an integral wavefront sensor disposed along said optical axis;
• calibrating said wavefront sensor;
• aligning said optical axis with said human eye;
• illuminating said human eye with light produced from a light source and enabling said wavefront sensor to perform wavefront sensing operations that measure high order aberrations of said human eye;
• displaying a graphical representation of said high order aberrations of said human eye measured by said wavefront sensor;
• treating said human eye to correct for said high order aberrations of said human eye;
• and
• wherein said graphical representation comprises coefficients corresponding to pre-specified terms that characterize aberrations of said human eye;
• wherein said wavefront sensor comprises a relay lens operably coupled between a lenslet array and an imaging device, and
• wherein said relay lens and imaging device are aligned along said optical axis and mounted on a moveable stage that translates linearly along said optical axis.

A method for treating an eye of a human patient, comprising the steps of:

• providing an ophthalmic imaging instrument having an optical axis and an integral adaptive optical subsystem disposed along said optical axis;
• aligning said optical axis with said eye;
• illuminating said eye with light produced from a light source and enabling said adaptive optical subsystem to perform wavefront sensing and compensation operations;
• concurrently with said wavefront sensing and compensation operations performed by said adaptive optical subsystem, capturing an image of said eye derived from compensation by said adaptive optical subsystem;
• and
• displaying a graphical representation of high order aberrations of said eye measured by said adaptive optical subsystem;
• wherein said graphical representation comprises coefficients corresponding to pre-specified terms that characterize aberrations of said eye;
• and
• wherein said graphical representation comprises predefined two-dimensional icons that provide a general graphical depiction of said pre-specified terms.

A method for treating a human eye, comprising the steps of:

• providing an ophthalmic imaging instrument having an optical axis and an integral adaptive optical subsystem disposed along said optical axis, and said adaptive optical subsystem including a wavefront sensor;
• calibrating said wavefront sensor associated with said adaptive optical subsystem;
• aligning said optical axis with said human eye;
• illuminating said human eye with light produced from a light source and enabling said adaptive optical subsystem to perform wavefront sensing and compensation operations;
• and
• concurrently with said wavefront sensing and compensation operations performed by said adaptive optical subsystem, capturing an image of the eye derived from compensation by the adaptive optical subsystem;
• wherein said wavefront sensor comprises al relay lens operably coupled between a lenslet array and an imaging device, and
• wherein said relay lens and said imaging device are aligned along said optical axis and mounted on a moveable stage that translates linearly along said optical axis.