Posterior capsulotomy using laser techniques

1. A non-transitory computer program product for performing ophthalmic surgery inside an eye to create an opening through a posterior capsule of the eye for inserting an intraocular lens (IOL) into a lens capsule of the eye, wherein the non-transitory computer program product comprises program sections for respectively:

operating a laser unit to generate a pulsed laser beam;

activating a detector to create images of the inside of the eye;

controlling movements of a focal point of the laser beam through tissue of the posterior capsule based on data from the images of the inside of the eye to perform Laser Induced Optical Breakdown (LIOB) on tissue of the posterior capsule to create the opening through the posterior capsule of the eye; and

monitoring the images of the inside of the eye during an extraction of a lens of the eye from the lens capsule of the eye through the opening in the posterior capsule to verify removal of the lens; and

establishing LIOB marks on the lens capsule to assist in aligning the in the lens capsule.

2. The computer program product of claim 1 further comprising a program section for preparing the lens of the eye for removal from the posterior capsule prior to the extracting step.

3. The computer program product of claim 2 wherein preparing the lens for removal is accomplished by a procedure selected from the group consisting of hydrodissection, phacoemulsification and lens fragmentation.

4. The computer program product of claim 1 further comprising a program section dimensioning the opening to receive a specific TOL into the lens capsule via the opening.