Abstract: A computer program product for controlling a laser-assisted eye treatment, configured to encode a system controller with a routine for planning the eye treatment, invention further relates to a laser-assisted eye treatment system including a laser treatment unit and a system controller, to a method for generating control data for a laser-assisted eye treatment system, to a planning method for a laser-assisted eye treatment and to an eye treatment method using a laser beam for treating a patient's eye. The invention provides systems and methods for a fast laser-assisted eye treatment of a patient's eye which improve the security and minimize the risk of a non-optimal eye treatment and enable sale eye treatment planning and a shortening of the critical phase of the eye treatment. Encoding a system controller by a routine for planning the eye treatment is strictly based on an anatomy of a patient's eye.

Abstract: A system for short pulse laser eye surgery and a short pulse laser system, in which a beam guidance device passes through a corresponding articulated arm, and through an applicator head and a microscope head of the system, which is movable in a three-dimensional volume both independently of one another as well as connected to each other. The system also includes an easy to use patient interface with a one-piece contact element, a computer program product for methods of the incision guidance and sequentially operating referencing methods with patient interfaces containing markings.

Abstract: A liquid-patient interface for fixing the relative geometric position and orientation of a patient's eye with respect to a laser applicator of an ophthalmological laser therapy system. The liquid-patient interface includes a lens element and a cone element, wherein the lens element is inserted into the cone element and permanently connected to the cone element such that the liquid-patient interface has an integral configuration. The invention furthermore relates to a corresponding production method for such a liquid-patient interface. The liquid-patient interface, the lens element of which is embodied in one piece and contains an optical zone, which has a lens function, and an envelope region, adjoining the optical zone, having a defined height not equal to zero and having an upper edge, wherein the upper edge of the lens element facilitates a direct connection to the laser applicator.

Abstract: A system for short pulse laser eye surgery and a short pulse laser system, in which a beam guidance device passes through a corresponding articulated arm, and through an applicator head and a microscope head of the system, which is movable in a three-dimensional volume both independently of one another as well as connected to each other. The system also includes, an easy-to-use patient interface with a one-piece contact element, a computer program product for methods of the incision guidance and sequentially operating referencing methods with patient interfaces containing markings.

Abstract: An ophthalmological laser therapy device having a pulsed laser, a positioning system and a control system that produce incisions in a tissue of an eye, in particular for producing corneal access incisions and a corresponding method. The invention produces corneal access incisions having increased leak tightness under external influences. Compressive strength, and complex incision geometries can be realized. An ophthalmological laser therapy device has a control system which is programmed to vary the operating parameters of the laser system and/or of the positioning system on the basis of a local position of the focal volume of a laser beam in the corneal tissue such that the access incision in the corneal tissue is varied and/or interrupted in the width of the access incision. The invention further includes a corresponding computer program product and a method for performing a corneal access incision in a corneal tissue of an eye.

Abstract: A display device with a retaining device is disclosed, which can be placed on the head of a user. The display device contains a first image generator, which is secured or can be secured to the retaining device, and a first optical imaging system which is secured to the retaining device and which is designed to image an image generated on a first image plane (E) by the first image generator such that the user can perceive the image with a first eye (LA) when the retaining device is placed on the head of the user. The retaining device supports a first refraction determining optical system which is designed to determine the subjective refraction of the first eye (LA) when the retaining device is placed on the head of the user and/or the first optical imaging system is configured to be variable.

Abstract: A method for detecting refractive errors in the eye that are attributable to a suboptimal surface shape of the front surface and/or rear surface of the cornea. An OCT volume scan and/or one or more OCT line scans of the front eye section are carried out; using the measured values, the front and rear surface of the cornea are detected by an edge detection process; the topography of the front and rear surface of the cornea are determined; and refractive errors are determined from said topographies.

Abstract: A computer program product for controlling a laser-assisted eye treatment, configured to encode a system controller with a routine for planning the eye treatment, invention further relates to a laser-assisted eye treatment system including a laser treatment unit and a system controller, to a method for generating control data for a laser-assisted eye treatment system, to a planning method for a laser-assisted eye treatment and to an eye treatment method using a laser beam for treating a patient's eye. The invention provides systems and methods for a fast laser-assisted eye treatment of a patient's eye which improve the security and minimize the risk of a non-optimal eye treatment and enable sale eye treatment planning and a shortening of the critical phase of the eye treatment. Encoding a system controller by a routine for planning the eye treatment is strictly based on an anatomy of a patient's eye.

Abstract: An ophthalmological laser therapy device having a pulsed laser, a positioning system and a control system that produce incisions in a tissue of an eye, in particular for producing corneal access incisions and a corresponding method. The invention produces corneal access incisions having increased leak tightness under external influences. Compressive strength, and complex incision geometries can be realized. An ophthalmological laser therapy device has a control system which is programmed to vary the operating parameters of the laser system and/or of the positioning system on the basis of a local position of the focal volume of a laser beam in the corneal tissue such that the access incision in the corneal tissue is varied and/or interrupted in the width of the access incision. The invention further includes a corresponding computer program product and a method for performing a corneal access incision in a corneal tissue of an eye.

Abstract: A system for short pulse laser eye surgery and a short pulse laser system, in which a beam guidance device passes through a corresponding articulated arm, and through an applicator head and a microscope head of the system, which is movable in a three-dimensional volume both independently of one another as well as connected to each other. The system also includes, an easy-to-use patient interface with a one-piece contact element, a computer program product for methods of the incision guidance and sequentially operating referencing methods with patient interfaces containing markings.

Abstract: A device and a method for fixing a relative geometric position of an eye with respect to an ophthalmological diagnosis and/or therapy system. A device having a container with upper edge designed to produce a mechanically fixed connection between the container and the ophthalmological diagnosis and/or therapy system, and a lower edge which can be placed with a form fit onto the eye, and a clamping mechanism for producing a force-fit connection of the container to the eye, wherein the clamping mechanism has a movable connection to the container is a fixed rotation point or a fixed rotation axis in a jacket area of the container, and by a corresponding method.

Abstract: A display device with a retaining device is disclosed, which can be placed on the head of a user. The display device contains a first image generator, which is secured or can be secured to the retaining device, and a first optical imaging system which is secured to the retaining device and which is designed to image an image generated on a first image plane (E) by the first image generator such that the user can perceive the image with a first eye (LA) when the retaining device is placed on the head of the user. The retaining device supports a first refraction determining optical system which is designed to determine the subjective refraction of the first eye (LA) when the retaining device is placed on the head of the user and/or the first optical imaging system is configured to be variable.

Abstract: A method for detecting refractive errors in the eye that are attributable to a suboptimal surface shape of the front surface and/or rear surface of the cornea. An OCT volume scan and/or one or more OCT line scans of the front eye section are carried out; using the measured values, the front and rear surface of the cornea are detected by an edge detection process; the topography of the front and rear surface of the cornea are determined; and refractive errors are determined from said topographies.

Abstract: An intraocular lens has an optical part and a haptic adjoining the optical part. At least one additional fixation element that differs from the haptic is formed on at least an upper side of the intraocular lens. The additional fixation element is formed to fix the position of the intraocular lens in the capsular bag of an eye. A method for making an intraocular lens and a method for implanting an intraocular lens in a capsular bag of an eye are also disclosed.

Abstract: A device for measuring the position of an eye of a mammal. To determine a positional change of the eye between two time points, the device comprises: at least one optical coherence tomograph for generating images of at least a part of the retina at the two time points and for emitting corresponding image data and an image processing device which is designed to compare the image data assigned to the two time points and to determine an angle of rotation between the images, wherein the image processing device is additionally designed to output the angle of rotation as information about a cyclotorsion of the eye between the two time points.

Abstract: A control device for performing relative calibration of a position of a focal point of a laser, the laser being configured to introduce cuts into tissue. The control device is configured to capture the actual geometry or the actual position of a calibration cut present in the tissue and calibrate the position of the focal point on the basis of the actual geometry or the actual position of the calibration cut.

Abstract: A system for producing assistance information for a laser-assisted cataract operation on an eye, including: a laser cataract device with a laser beam source, a laser beam scanning device, a control device for predefining a cutting geometry of the cuts, an imaging device and an output interface. The control device determines the position of reference structures of the eye and produces a position data set containing cutting geometry in relation to the structures, and outputs the position data record at the interface. The system also includes an operation microscope having a microscope, a display device, an input interface for receiving the data set, and a control unit that receives the data set and determines the position of the structures with respect to image data, and inputs the cutting geometry into the image displayed on the display device appropriately in terms of position and size with respect to the reference structures.

Abstract: A control device for a laser system having a laser for introducing cuts into a lens of a human or animal eye configured to arrange and move a focal point of a laser beam of the laser within the lens, wherein the focal point can be moved for at least one cut for the fragmentation or segmentation of the lens into individual fragments or segments and can be moved according to a definable cutting pattern for the fine fragmentation of the lens, determine an individual one of the segments, and move, for the fine fragmentation within the determined segment, the focal point in a radial direction at most up to a distance greater than zero from an edge of the lens.