Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a method and system for determining the position and alignment of a plane in relation to an intersecting axis and using that known position and alignment to allow for corrections to be made when using the plane as a reference plane. More particularly, the invention relates to a method and system for determining the angle of tilt of a planar surface in relation to a laser beam, and using the determined angle of tilt to calculate a correction factor to be applied to the laser beam. Briefly stated, the method and system ultimately calculates a correction factor, z-offset, that is applied when using the laser beam in a procedure.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 6, 2007
Publication date:
March 13, 2008
Applicant:
INTERLASE CORPORATION
Inventors:
Christopher Horvath, Ruben Zadoyan, Ferenc Raksi, Zsolt Bor, Guy Holland, Tibor Juhasz