First in-vivo studies of presbyopia treatment with ultrashort laserpulses

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5142, Issue , 2003, Pages 137-145

  Ripken, T ^a   Heisterkamp, A ^a   Oberheide, U ^b   Krueger, R R ^c   Luetkefels, E ^d   Drommer, W ^d   Ertmer, W ^a   Lubatschowski, H ^a  

^a LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

^b Laserforum eV   (Germany)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Veterinary High School   (Germany)

Author keywords

Femtosecond laser; Ophthalmology; Presbyopia; Ultrafast laser

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; LASER BEAMS; LENSES; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; TISSUE; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA; VISION;

ANNULUS CUTTING; EUTHANIZATION; PRESBYOPIA; RABBIT LENSES; SAGITTAL CUTTING; ULTRASHORT LASER PULSES;

LASER SURGERY;

EID: 1342331165     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.500421     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (10)

1. Trokel, S.L., Srinivasan, R, Braren B. Excimer laser surgery of the cornea. Am. J. Ophthalmol. 96, 710-715, 1983
2. Liu, X, Kurtz, R.M., Braum A, Liu, HH. Sacks, Z, Juhasz T. Intrastromal Corneal Surgery with Femtosecond Laser Pulses. Conference on Lasers and Electrooptics, CLEO, Vol.11, OSA Technical Digest Series, 169 ff., 1998.
3. Höh H, Gamael, A. Derzeitiger Stand der Laserphakoemulsifikation Ophthalmologe, 2002, 99, 188-192, Springer Verlag, 2002
4. Gloor, B, Kankhauser A. Glaukomchirurgie im Detail. Enke Verlag, Stuttgart, 1994
5. Mittra, R.A. New treatments for age-related macular degeneration. Minn Med. 2003 Apr; 86(4): 40-6, 2003
6. Fisher, R.F. The mechanics of accomodation in relation to presbyopia. Eye, 988; 2: 646-649
7. Krueger, R.R., Sun X.K., Stroh J, Myers R. Experimental Increase in Accommodative Potential after Neodymium: Yttrium-Aluminum-Garnet Laser Photodisruption of Paired Cadaver Lenses. Ophthalmology 2001, 108: 2122-2129, 2001.
8. Vogel, A, Noack J, Nahen K, Theisen D, Birngruber R, Hammer DX, Noojin GD, Rockwell BA. Laser-induced breakdown in the eye at pulse durations from 80 ns to 100 fs. Proc. SPIE, 3255, 34-47, 1998
9. Heisterkamp A. Einsatz ultrakurzer Laserpulse in der refraktiven Laserchirurgie. Dissertation, Universität Hannover 2002
10. Heisterkamp A, Ripken T, Mamom T Drommer W, Welling H, Ertmer W, Lubatschowkski, H. Nonlinear side effects of fs pulses inside corneal tissue during photodisruption. Appl. Phys. B 74, 419-425, 2002.