IP Library Granted Patent US 11,141,106
Granted Patent B2
US 11,141,106 · App. 15/951,278 · Granted Oct 12, 2021

Surgical guidance and planning software for astigmatism treatment

Inventors: Gautam Chaudhary (Laguna Hills, CA); Jack T. Holladay (Bellaire, TX); Melvin Sarayba (Keller, TX); Hadi Srass (Yorba Linda, CA)
A61B5/4851A61B3/10A61F2/1645A61F9/007A61B2505/05A61F2240/002G16H20/00G16H20/40
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Patent No.
US 11,141,106
App. No.
15/951,278
Granted
Oct 12, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Software for calculating an astigmatism treatment is operable upon execution to perform the following steps: receiving biometric information for a patient; determining based on the biometric information an astigmatic correction comprising at least one of (a) a position for one or more limbal relaxing incisions and (b) a power and an orientation for a toric intraocular lens (IOL); generating an output comprising the astigmatic correction; receiving a selection of a different ratio of astigmatic correction attributable to the one or more limbal relaxing incisions and the toric IOL; determining an updated astigmatic correction including at least one of (a) an updated position for the one or more limbal relaxing incisions and (b) an updated power and/or orientation of the toric IOL.

Claims (14)

1. A system comprising:

a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause a surgical planning system to perform the steps of:

receiving an initial surgical plan including an initial primary incision position;

receiving a surgically induced astigmatism value corresponding to the initial primary incision position;

determining, based on an amount of astigmatism to be corrected for an eye and the surgically induced astigmatism value corresponding to the initial primary incision position, a power and orientation for a toric intraocular lens (IOL);

determining, based on an amount of post-surgical astigmatism associated with the toric IOL having the determined power and orientation and the surgically induced astigmatism value corresponding to the initial primary incision position, an adjusted primary incision position, wherein a surgically induced astigmatism value corresponding to the adjusted primary incision position reduces the amount of post-surgical astigmatism;

generating an output comprising the adjusted primary incision position; and

generating a surgical plan to incise a cornea of a patient to create the primary incision at the adjusted primary incision position; and

a laser system communicatively coupled with the processor, the laser system operable to receive the adjusted primary incision position and incise a cornea of a patient to create the primary incision at the adjusted incision position.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the non-transitory computer-readable medium stores additional instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the surgical planning system to perform an additional step of receiving at least one secondary incision position, and wherein determining the power and the orientation of the toric IOL is also based on the at least one secondary incision position.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the non-transitory computer-readable medium stores additional instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the surgical planning system to determine a position for at least one limbal relaxing incision based on the power and the orientation for the toric IOL, and

generate an additional output comprising the position for the at least one limbal relaxing incision, wherein the surgical plan further includes a location to create the at least one limbal relaxing incision.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the amount of astigmatism to be corrected for the eye is determined based on patient biometric data retrieved from a memory.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the amount of astigmatism to be corrected for the eye is determined based on patient biometric data received from a biometer.

Assignments (6)
CONFIRMATORY DEED OF ASSIGNMENT EFFECTIVE APRIL 8, 2019 Recorded Dec 10, 2019
From: NOVARTIS AG
To: ALCON INC.
Reel/Frame 051454/0788 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 3, 2018
From: SARAYBA, MELVIN
To: ALCON RESEARCH, LTD.
Reel/Frame 045707/0382 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 3, 2018
From: ALCON RESEARCH, LTD.
To: NOVARTIS AG
Reel/Frame 045707/0433 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 3, 2018
From: CHAUDHARY, GAUTAM; SRASS, HADI
To: ALCON LENSX, INC.
Reel/Frame 045707/0490 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 3, 2018
From: HOLLADAY, JACK T.
To: ALCON LENSX, INC.
Reel/Frame 045707/0548 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 3, 2018
From: ALCON LENSX, INC.
To: NOVARTIS AG
Reel/Frame 045707/0590 →
Continuity (3)
Division 14312187 · Jun 23, 2014
Provisional Application 61863018 · Aug 7, 2013
Related Publication 20180228431A1 · Aug 16, 2018