LASER FIDUCIALS FOR AXIS ALIGNMENT IN CATARACT SURGERY

摘要

A fiducial is generated on an internal anatomical structure of the eye of a patient with a surgical laser. A tonic artificial intraocular lens (IOL) is positioned so that a marker of the tonic IOL is in a predetermined positional relationship relative to the fiducial. This positioning aligns the tonic IOL with the astigmatic or other axis of the eye. The toric IOL is then implanted in the eye of the patient with high accuracy.

主权项

1. A method of implanting an implantable device in an eye of a patient, the method comprising:
generating a fiducial on an anatomical structure of the eye; and placing the implantable device so that a marker of the implantable device is in a positional relationship relative to the fiducial.