IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0184441
(2002-06-27)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Youssefi, Gerhard
- Hohla, Kristian
- Lang, Stefan
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출원인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
6 인용 특허 :
10 |
초록
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A device readable medium for use in controlling a laser vision correction system includes a storage structure having stored therein a pre-programmed first, readable, corrective instruction reference that corresponds to an encoded customized corrective instruction determined by a calculation module e
A device readable medium for use in controlling a laser vision correction system includes a storage structure having stored therein a pre-programmed first, readable, corrective instruction reference that corresponds to an encoded customized corrective instruction determined by a calculation module external to the medium. The encoded customized corrective instruction is executable by a laser vision correction laser platform for correction of a refractive defect when the corrective instruction reference is properly recognized. A laser vision correction system including the device readable medium is described. A remunerative model relating to the device readable medium is disclosed.
대표청구항
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1. A device readable medium including a storage structure, for use in controlling a laser vision correction system, and having stored in said storage structure at least a first, readable, corrective instruction reference having a pre-programmed correspondence to an encoded corrective instruction. 2.
1. A device readable medium including a storage structure, for use in controlling a laser vision correction system, and having stored in said storage structure at least a first, readable, corrective instruction reference having a pre-programmed correspondence to an encoded corrective instruction. 2. A method for controlling a laser vision correction system, comprising: providing, to a third party, a device readable medium as set forth in claim 1, for use in a laser platform to en able and execute the laser vision correction. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein providing the device readable medium comprises providing the medium on a remunerative basis that is commensurate with a corrective instruction reference corresponding to a type and/or a number of customized corrective instructions. 4. The device readable medium of claim 1, further comprising disablement means for limiting the enablement of the laser platform to a pre-set number of uses. 5. The device readable medium of claim 4, wherein the pre-set number of uses is a single use. 6. The device readable medium of claim 4, wherein the pre-set number of uses consists of two uses limited to a single use for each of two eyes of a single patient. 7. The device readable medium of claim 1, further comprising a beam transmitting and characterizing feature. 8. The device readable medium of claim 7, wherein the beam transmitting and characterizing feature comprises an aperture. 9. The device readable medium of claim 8, wherein the aperture comprises a directly transmitting portion for sizing the beam and a diffractively transmitting portion for shaping an energy profile of the beam. 10. The device readable medium of claim 9, wherein the beam energy profile is a truncated Gaussian. 11. The device readable medium of claim 9, comprising two apertures having differently sized directly transmitting portions. 12. The device readable medium of claim 11, further comprising a third aperture having only a directly transmitting portion. 13. The device readable medium of claim 1, further wherein said first corrective instruction reference is a necessary but not a sufficient component for enabling a laser platform to execute a customized corrective instruction. 14. The device readable medium of claim 13, further comprising a second, readable corrective instruction reference stored in said storage structure, wherein said second corrective instruction reference is a necessary but not a sufficient component for enabling the laser platform to execute the customized corrective instruction. 15. The device readable medium of claim 14, wherein the first corrective instruction reference and the second corrective instruction reference are, in combination, sufficient components for the execution of the customized corrective instruction by the laser platform. 16. The device readable medium of claim 14, wherein the first corrective instruction reference and the second corrective instruction reference have, in combination, a data storage requirement ≦1000 bytes. 17. The device readable medium of claim 14, wherein the second corrective instruction reference has a pre-programed correspondence to at least one of an encoded user ID and an encoded laser platform ID. 18. The device readable medium of claim 14, further comprising a third, readable, corrective instruction reference stored in said storage structure, wherein said third corrective instruction reference is a necessary but not sufficient component for enabling the laser platform to execute the customized corrective instruction. 19. The device readable medium of claim 18, wherein the first corrective instruction reference, the second corrective instruction reference, and the third corrective instruction reference are, in combination, sufficient components for the execution of the customized corrective instruction by the laser platform. 20. The device readable medium of claim 18, wherein the first corrective instruction reference, and the second corre ctive instruction reference, and the third corrective instruction reference have, in combination, a data storage requirement ≦1000 bytes. 21. The device readable medium of claim 18, wherein the third corrective instruction reference has a pre-programmed correspondence to at least one of an encoded user ID and an encoded laser platform ID. 22. A laser vision correction system, comprising:a calculation module adapted to receive an input data relating to a refractive defect of a patient's eye and to calculate a customized corrective instruction based upon said input data, said calculated customized corrective instruction being resident in said calculation module as an encoded customized corrective instruction corresponding to a pre-programmed first corrective instruction reference;a device readable medium including a storage structure having stored therein at least a first, readable, corrective instruction reference corresponding to the encoded customized corrective instruction; anda laser platform adapted to receive the medium and enabled to execute the customized corrective instruction upon a necessary recognition of the first corrective instruction reference corresponding to the encoded customized corrective instruction. 23. The system of claim 22, wherein the calculation module is external to the laser platform. 24. The system of claim 22, wherein the calculation module is a computer software routine running a laser ablation algorithm. 25. The system of claim 22, further comprising a graphical user interface (GUI) operably associated with the laser platform, and a configuration file operably associated with the laser platform and the GUI, wherein the configuration file will initiate a particular GUI associated with the customized corrective instruction only when the corresponding corrective instruction reference is recognized by the configuration file. 26. The system of claim 22, wherein the input data is indicative of a refractive defect of a patient's eye, and the customized corrective instruction comprises an ablation treatment instruction intended to remedy the refractive defect. 27. The system of claim 26, wherein the customized corrective instruction comprises a plurality of different customized corrective instructions defining a selection of laser vision correction treatments. 28. The system of claim 22, further comprising a diagnostic platform in operable communication with the calculation module, wherein said diagnostic platform is a source of the input data, and wherein the calculation module is a software routine resident in the diagnostic platform. 29. The system of claim 28, wherein the diagnostic platform comprises at least one of a topography device, a wavefront sensor device, an optical coherence tomography device, an ultrasound pachymetry device, an autorefractor device, a slit lamp ophthalmoscope device, and a subjective manifest refraction device. 30. The system of claim 22, wherein the medium has stored therein at least a second instruction reference that corresponds to a second encoded corrective instruction, wherein a recognition of the correspondence by the laser platform is a necessary and sufficient condition for enablement and execution of the customized corrective instruction. 31. The system of claim 30, wherein the calculation module resides in a diagnostic platform that generates at least some of the input data. 32. The system of claim 30, wherein the second encoded corrective instruction refers to at least one of a user ID and a laser platform ID. 33. The system of claim 30, wherein a total data storage requirement of all of the instruction references is ≦1000 bytes. 34. A method for controlling a laser vision correction system, comprising:determiing a customized corrective instruction for correcting an ophthlmic refractive defect;encoding said instruction;providing a pre-programmed first corrective instruction reference in a transferable medium that corresponds to said encoded inst ruction;providing, in a laser platform adapted for receiving said transferable medium, a means for recognizing the first instruction reference as a necessary condition for enablement and execution of the customized corrective instruction. 35. The method according to claim 34, wherein the recognition of the first instruction reference is a sufficient condition for enablement and execution of the corresponding customized corrective instruction. 36. The method according to claim 34, wherein determining the customized corrective instruction comprises using a diagnostic input data indicative of the ophthalmic refractive defect. 37. The method according to claim 34, wherein providing the pre-programmed first corrective instruction reference in the transferable medium comprises providing a device readable medium containing the instruction reference. 38. The method according to claim 34, further comprising:providing a GUI operably communicating with the laser platform, wherein said GUI is configured according to the first instruction reference and corresponding customized instruction. 39. The method according to claim 38, wherein providing the means for recognizing the first instruction reference comprises providing a configuration file in the laser platform that upon recognition of the instruction reference enables the GUI associated with the matching corrective instruction. 40. The method according to claim 34, further comprising:providing at least one of an encoded user ID and an encoded laser platform ID;providing at least a second corrective instruction reference in the transferable medium that corresponds to one of the encoded user ID and the encoded laser platform ID, wherein the at least second instruction reference is recognized in the laser platform as a necessary condition for enablement and execution of the corresponding customized corrective instruction. 41. The method according to claim 40, wherein the recognition of the first and second instruction references is a sufficient condition for enablement and execution of the corresponding customized corrective instruction. 42. The method according to claim 34, further comprising:providing an encoded user ID and an encoded laser platform ID; andproviding a second corrective instruction reference and a third corrective instruction reference in the transferable medium which correspond to the encoded user ID and the encoded laser platform ID, wherein the second instruction reference and the third instruction reference are recognized in the laser platform as necessary conditions for enablement and execution of the customized corrective instruction. 43. The method according to claim 42, wherein the recognition of the first, second, and third instruction references is a sufficient condition for enablement and execution of the corresponding customized corrective instruction. 44. The method according to claim 34, further comprising providing, in the transferable medium, a disablement means for controlling the use of the laser platform. 45. The method according to claim 44, wherein the laser platform is controlled for a pre-set number of uses. 46. The method according to claim 45, wherein the pre-set number of uses is a single use. 47. The method according to claim 45, wherein the pre-set number of uses is a single use for each of two eyes of a patient.
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