Abstract: A surgical system for opening the lens capsule in an eye includes an application instrument introducible into the anterior chamber of the eye through an incision in the cornea and/or in the sclera. The application instrument has a contact body that is placeable against the anterior capsular wall of the lens capsule of the eye. Light provided by a light source for generating heat in a contact zone of the capsular wall contacting the contact body is appliable to the contact body. The heat has thermal energy that coagulates the biological tissue in the contact zone.

Abstract: A method of performing a capsulotomy comprises applying a light-absorbing agent to a lens capsule of an eye 1; illuminating the lens capsule using a first light beam and recording an image of the lens capsule using a camera 43; analyzing the recorded image and determining whether the light absorbing agent has been correctly applied to the lens capsule; if it is determined that the light absorbing agent has been correctly applied to the lens capsule, directing a shaped second light beam 19 onto a predetermined line on the lens capsule in order to modify a structure of a tissue of the lens capsule. The first light beam can be generated by defocusing the second light beam using a lens 37.

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: An ophthalmic device for treating tissue in the anterior of an eye includes a laser for generating a light beam, an optical device for reshaping the light beam into a line focus, wherein a ratio of length to width of the line focus is at least 10, preferably 100, particularly preferably 1000, and an optical system for guiding the light beam to an object plane, in which the tissue to be treated is arrangeable, wherein the laser emits yellow light in a wavelength range between 525 nm and 675 nm, preferably between 550 nm and 610 nm, particularly preferably between 580 nm and 610 nm.