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A method for treating presbyopia utilizes an Erbium based, pulsed laser to sever sub-conjunctival strictures located within the scleral matrix of the eye. Introduction of treatment energy into the scleral matrix increases or facilitates an increase in accommodation, thereby mitigating the effects of

A method for treating presbyopia utilizes an Erbium based, pulsed laser to sever sub-conjunctival strictures located within the scleral matrix of the eye. Introduction of treatment energy into the scleral matrix increases or facilitates an increase in accommodation, thereby mitigating the effects of presbyopia. The treatment energy can be directed into the scleral matrix to form tunnel ablations in and through the strictures of the scleral matrix. The tunnel ablations can enhance the accommodation of the patient's eye, enabling the eye to refocus at near distances while not losing its ability to focus at a distance.

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What is claimed is: 1. A surgical method for treating an eye in need of one or more of a physiological or a vision correction, comprising:providing a treatment source suitable for cutting or ablating an anatomic structure of an eye;determining an ablation endpoint that extends more than 90% through

What is claimed is: 1. A surgical method for treating an eye in need of one or more of a physiological or a vision correction, comprising:providing a treatment source suitable for cutting or ablating an anatomic structure of an eye;determining an ablation endpoint that extends more than 90% through a thickness of the structure; anddelivering energy from the treatment source onto the structure in at least one vicinity of the structure that does not contact a surgical limbus of the eye; andablating through more than 90% of the thickness of the structure to form a tunnel ablation;wherein the determining of an ablation endpoint is performed during the ablating and comprises ablating by a user until a changing of hue is detected in an area of the structure being ablated.