Abstract: In a control program, according to which a laser-beam spot is guided, while being controlled with respect to position and time, over a cornea to be corrected photorefractively, so as to ablate a predetermined ablation profile therefrom, the effect of the angle between the laser earn and the corneal surface on the energy density of the laser-beam spot incident on the corneal surface and/or on the fraction of the laser-beam energy incident on the corneal surface which is reflected away, is taken into account when generating the control program.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 3, 2001
Date of Patent:
May 3, 2005
Assignee:
WaveLight Laser Technologies AG
Inventors:
Michael Mrochen, Maik Kaemmerer, Theo Seiler
Abstract: A method of producing intra-ocular lenses or contact lenses including the following steps:
a) mechanically forming a lens blank such that it is suitable for correcting an ametropic visual defect,
b) measuring the aberration of an eye to be corrected,
c) calculating an ablation profile with respect to the lens blank on the basis of the measured aberration, and
d) ablating material of the lens blank in accordance with the calculated ablation profile by means of laser radiation.