VIRTUAL MICROSCOPE SYSTEM FOR MONITORING THE PROGRESS OF CORNEAL ABLATIVE SURGERY AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - Patent 2230989

(19)

(11)

EP 2 230 989 A2

(12)

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	27.08.2009

(43)	Date of publication:
	29.09.2010 Bulletin 2010/39

(21)	Application number: 08868249.7

(22)	Date of filing: 19.12.2008

(51)

International Patent Classification (IPC):

A61B 3/13^(2006.01)
A61F 9/007^(2006.01)
G02B 21/00^(2006.01)
A61F 9/01^(2006.01)

G02B 21/22^(2006.01)
G02B 21/06^(2006.01)
G02B 21/36^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2008/087616

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2009/086065 (09.07.2009 Gazette 2009/28)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA MK RS

(30)

Priority:

21.12.2007 US 15853

(71)	Applicant: Alcon RefractiveHorizons, Inc.
	Fort Worth, Texas 76134 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	LEBLANC, Richard Clermont Florida 34711 (US)

(74)	Representative: Hanna, Peter William Derek et al
	Hanna Moore & Curley 13 Lower Lad Lane Dublin 2 Dublin 2 (IE)

(54)	VIRTUAL MICROSCOPE SYSTEM FOR MONITORING THE PROGRESS OF CORNEAL ABLATIVE SURGERY AND ASSOCIATED METHODS