US 7,320,685 B2 | ||
Method and device for identifying an eye that is to be treated in operations | ||
Torsten Feige, Jena (Germany); and Holger Maeusezahl, Jena (Germany) | ||
Assigned to Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Jena (Germany) | ||
Appl. No. 10/399,440 PCT Filed Oct. 22, 2001, PCT No. PCT/EP01/12171 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Apr. 17, 2003, PCT Pub. No. WO02/32351, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 25, 2002. |
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Claims priority of application No. 100 52 201 (DE), filed on Oct. 20, 2000. | ||
Prior Publication US 2004/0020983 A1, Feb. 05, 2004 | ||
Int. Cl. A61F 9/01 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 606—5 [128/898] | 10 Claims |
1. A method for identifying an operation site during an operation using a laser system, the method comprising:
identifying unique data about the operation site, the unique data being located in an immediate vicinity of the operation
site, wherein the operation site is an eye;
performing an identity check between the unique data and a previously stored copy of unique data so as to create a result
of the identity check; and
providing the result to the laser system before the operation begins.
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