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.
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
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.