SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A POSITION FOR A SCLERAL POCKET FOR A SCLERAL PROSTHESIS

摘要

For use with a surgical tool (1100) for making incisions in the sclera (102) of an eye (100) to form a scleral pocket (120) to receive a scleral prosthesis (200), a system and method is disclosed for determining a position on the sclera (102) for locating the scleral pocket (120). The system and method determines an optimum location for the scleral pocket (120). The system and method determines a location on the sclera (102) that represents the intersection of the lens equatorial plane (130) with the external surface of the sclera. The front of the scleral pocket (120) is placed at a location that is four hundred fifty microns posterior to the intersection of the lens equatorial plane (130) with the external surface of the sclera (102).