[특허]Automated laser workstation for high precision surgical and industrial interventions

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Automated laser workstation for high precision surgical and industrial interventions

국가/구분	United States(US) Patent 등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)	A61F-009/008
미국특허분류(USC)	606/010; 606/005; 606/011
출원번호	US-0125261 (2002-04-17)
발명자 / 주소	Knopp, Carl F. Fountain, William D. Orkiszewski, Jerzy Persiantsev, Michael Sklar, H. Alfred Wysopal, Jan
출원인 / 주소	Visx, Inc.
대리인 / 주소	Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP
인용정보	피인용 횟수 : 39 인용 특허 : 24

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A method and system is described that greatly improves the safety and efficacy of ophthalmic laser surgery. The method and system are applicable to precise operations on a target subject to movement during the procedure. The system may comprise the following elements: (1) a user interface, (2) an imaging system, which may include a surgical microscope, (3) an automated tracking system that can follow the movements of an eye, (4) a laser, (5) a diagnostic system, and (6) a fast reliable safety means, for automatically interrupting the laser firing.

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1. A laser system for ablating a surface of a cornea of an eye to change a refractive power of the eye, the system comprising:a pulsed laser for making a first light beam of a pulsed ablative laser light energy; an energy detector monitoring the energy of the pulsed beam of the ablative light energy; a slit lamp illuminator illuminating the cornea with a second light beam; a surgical microscope viewing light from the second beam reflected from the cornea; and a processor comprising a memory and a program, the processor controlling of a firing of the laser according to a predetermined sequence of automatic motion instructions, the control of the laser firing including an interruption of the firing of the laser in response to a first condition signal and a continuation of the laser firing according to the predetermined sequence in response to a second condition signal. 2. The system of claim 1 further wherein the slit lamp is mounted at a fixed location relative to a camera.3. The system of claim 2 wherein the slit lamp and the camera are arranged to collect corneal information over a region of the cornea, the region of the cornea extending to a limbus of the cornea.4. The system of claim 3 wherein the camera is a video camera.5. The system of claim 4 further wherein a structure of the slit lamp is rotatable around a central axis to collect global corneal data.6. The system of claim 1 wherein the slit lamp is arranged for measuring a thickness of the cornea from a slit lamp image.7. The system of claim 6 wherein the slit lamp image comprises a video image.8. The system of claim 7 wherein the video image comprises a digitized video image.9. The system of claim 8 wherein the processor determines local radii of curvature of the cornea from the digitized video image.10. The system of claim 1 wherein the illuminator comprises an off axis slit lamp illuminator.11. The system of claim 10 further comprising a video display visible to a user of the system and electronically coupled to the processor, the video display showing a menu of selections to the user.12. The system of claim 11 wherein the menu of selections comprises a plurality of user selectable symbols.13. The system of claim 12 wherein the slit lamp illuminator comprises an illuminator for obtaining a thickness of the cornea.14. The system of claim 12 wherein the laser firing is initiated in response to an action of the user.15. The system of claim 12 wherein the sequence is predetermined by a user prior to treating the patient.16. The system of claim 12 wherein the interruption comprises a manual interruption and the first condition signal is a result of an action of the user.17. The system of claim 12 wherein the pulsed laser comprises an excimer laser.18. The system of claim 12 wherein a wavelength of the light energy of the laser comprises a non-visible wavelength.19. The system of claim 12 further comprising:optical path means for receiving the short pulse laser beam and for aiming the beam at a point in X-Y directions and focussing the beam at a depth as desired toward a target, including a front lens element from which the beam exits the optical path means toward the patient, beam steering means connected to the optical path means for controlling the position at which the beam is aimed in X-Y directions, beam focussing means connected to the optical path means for controlling the depth at which the laser beam is focussed, tracking means for tracking eye movements of the patient during the progress of the surgery, including X-Y tracking means for tracking a feature of the eye in X and Y directions, and depth or Z tracking means for tracking depth movements of the eye's feature, toward and away from the workstation, and safety interrupt means associated with the processor for interrupting delivery of the laser beam to the patient when it is determined via the processor that the tracking means has lost the feature being tracked. 20. The system of claim 12 wherein the interruption comprises an automatic interruption and the first condition signal comprises a response to at least one operational specification not being met.21. The system of claim 20 wherein at least one operational specification comprises a measured laser energy.22. The system of claim 21 wherein a fraction of the beam passes through a reflecting surface for measuring the laser pulse energy.23. The system of claim 20 further comprising a sensor for generating an electrical signal for measuring a position of the eye, and at least one operational specification comprises measuring the position of the eye.24. The system of claim 12 wherein a last position of the sequence is stored in the processor during the interruption.25. The system of claim 24 wherein the predetermined sequence of automatic motion instructions controls a position of the beam of energy on the surface of the cornea.26. The system of claim 25 wherein the sequence of motion instructions corresponds to a pattern of pulses of the laser beam delivered to the surface of the cornea.27. The system of claim 26 wherein the last stored position of the sequence corresponds to a location of the laser beam.28. A method for ablating a surface of a cornea of an eye to change a refractive power of the eye, the method comprising:making a first beam of a pulsed ablative laser light energy with a pulsed laser; monitoring the energy of the pulsed beam of the ablative light energy with an energy detector; illuminating the cornea with a second beam of light from a slit lamp illuminator; viewing light of the first beam reflected from the cornea with a surgical microscope; and controlling a firing of the laser with a processor comprising a memory and a program adapted to fire the laser according to a predetermined sequence of automatic motion instructions, the controlling of the laser firing including interrupting the firing of the laser in response to a first condition signal and continuing the laser firing according to the predetermined sequence in response to a second condition signal. 29. The method of claim 28 wherein the beam of the slit lamp illuminator comprises a ribbon-shaped illuminating light beam.30. The method of claim 28 further comprising measuring a thickness of the cornea from a slit lamp image.31. The method of claim 30 wherein the slit lamp image comprises a video image.32. The method of claim 31 wherein the video image comprises a digitized video image.33. The method of claim 32 further comprising measuring local radii of curvature of the cornea from the digitized video image.34. The method of claim 28 further comprising mounting the slit lamp at a fixed location relative to a camera.35. The method of claim 34 wherein the slit lamp and the camera are arranged to collect corneal information over a region of the cornea, the region of the cornea extending to a limbus of the cornea.36. The method of claim 35 wherein the camera is a video camera.37. The method of claim 36 further comprising rotating a structure of the slit lamp around a central axis to collect global corneal data.38. The method of claim 28 wherein the illuminator comprises an off axis slit lamp illuminator.39. The method of claim 38 further comprising showing a menu of selections to a user on a video display, the video display being visible to a user of the system and electronically coupled to the processor.40. The method of claim 39 wherein the menu of selections comprises a plurality of user selectable symbols.41. The method of claim 40 wherein the firing of the laser is initiated in response to an action of a user.42. The method of claim 40 wherein the sequence is predetermined in response to an action of a user prior to treating the patient.43. The method of claim 40 wherein the interruption comprises a manual interruption and the first condition signal comprises a response to an action of a user.44. The method of claim 40 wherein the pulsed laser comprises an excimer laser.45. The method of claim 40 wherein a wavelength of the light energy of the laser comprises a non-visible wavelength.46. The method of claim 40 further comprising:receiving the short pulse laser beam and aiming the beam at a point in X-Y directions and focussing the beam at a depth with an optical means and when appropriate toward a target, through a front lens element, controlling the position at which the beam is aimed in X-Y directions, using a beam steering means connected to the optical means, controlling the depth at which the laser beam is focussed, with a beam focussing means connected to the optical means, tracking eye movements of the patient during the progress of the surgery, in X and Y directions, with an X-Y tracking means for tracking a feature of the eye, and as to depth movements of the eye with a depth or Z tracking means, automatically shifting the optical path means as the feature of the eye is tracked through X-Y and Z movements, so as to change the aim and focus of the laser beam when necessary to follow such movements of the eye, with the aid of the processor connected to the tracking means, and automatically interrupting delivery of the laser beam to the patient when it is determined via the microprocessor that the tracking means has lost the feature being tracked. 47. The method of claim 40 wherein the interruption comprises an automatic interruption and the first condition signal comprises a response to at least one operational specification not being met.48. The method of claim 47 further comprising measuring a position of the eye with a sensor generating an electrical signal, and at least one operational specification comprises measuring the position of the eye.49. The method of claim 47 wherein at least one operational specification comprises a measured laser energy.50. The method of claim 49 wherein a fraction of the first light beam passes through a reflecting surface for measuring the laser energy.51. The method of claim 40 wherein a last position in the interrupted sequence is stored by the processor.52. The method of claim 51 wherein the predetermined sequence of automatic motion instructions controls a position of the beam of energy on the surface of the cornea.53. The method of claim 52 wherein the sequence of motion instructions corresponds to a pattern of pulses of the laser beam delivered to the surface of the cornea.54. The method of claim 53 wherein the stored last position of the sequence corresponds to a location of the laser beam.

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