Global Patent Index - EP 4157173 A1

EP 4157173 A1 20230405 - UV LASER-BASED SYSTEM FOR REFRACTIVE ERROR CORRECTION, AND CONTACT INTERFACE

Title (en)

UV LASER-BASED SYSTEM FOR REFRACTIVE ERROR CORRECTION, AND CONTACT INTERFACE

Title (de)

UV-LASER BASIERTES SYSTEM ZUR FEHLSICHTIGKEITSKORREKTUR UND KONTAKTINTERFACE

Title (fr)

SYSTÈME À LASER UV POUR LA CORRECTION DE L'AMÉTROPIE ET INTERFACE DE CONTACT

Publication

EP 4157173 A1 20230405 (DE)

Application

EP 21729231 A 20210521

Priority

  • DE 102020206422 A 20200524
  • DE 102020208679 A 20200710
  • EP 2021063607 W 20210521

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2021239601A1] The invention relates to ultraviolet laser-based (UVL) laser vision correction (LVC) systems (50), that is to say to systems for refractive error correction by means of laser radiation. The invention furthermore relates to a contact interface (10) and a contact interface system (1) for such a UVL-LVC system (50). The problem addressed thereby is that of proposing a coupling and affixation between the patient's eye (110) and the UVL-LVC system (50) by means of a contact interface (10) for the purposes of preventing eye movements when using UVL-LVC systems (50). This problem is solved by a UVL-LVC system (50) with a base unit (52) and an application arm (55) which has a contact interface adapter (40) on the application part (60) of the application arm, to which a contact interface (10) is able to be affixed, the latter being able to be used to affix a patient's eye (110) to the UVL-LVC system. Moreover, this problem is solved by a contact interface (10) with a conical wall (11) and a suction ring (12) but without a lens element, and preferably with an access opening (14) or with a corresponding contact interface system (1) made of contact interface adapter (40) and contact interface (10).

IPC 8 full level

A61F 9/009 (2006.01); A61F 9/008 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

A61F 9/0084 (2013.01 - US); A61F 9/009 (2013.01 - EP US); A61F 9/00825 (2013.01 - EP); A61F 9/00836 (2013.01 - EP); A61F 9/0084 (2013.01 - EP); A61F 2009/00872 (2013.01 - EP US); A61F 2009/00878 (2013.01 - EP); A61F 2009/00897 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 2021239601A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

Designated validation state (EPC)

KH MA MD TN

DOCDB simple family (publication)

DE 102020208679 A1 20211125; EP 4157173 A1 20230405; US 2023210695 A1 20230706; WO 2021239601 A1 20211202

DOCDB simple family (application)

DE 102020208679 A 20200710; EP 2021063607 W 20210521; EP 21729231 A 20210521; US 202117999666 A 20210521