Selective laser targeting of pigmented ocular cells

Details Selective laser targeting of pigmented ocular cells Selective laser targeting of pigmented ocular cells

1995-10-20

1996-08-27

Sykes, Angela D.

Surgery

Instruments

Light application

A61B 1736

Patent

active

055495966

ABSTRACT:
A method of damaging pigmented intraocular cells, a patient with a disease, which involves selectively damaging pigmented cells in an intraocular area by irradiating the area with laser radiation of radiant exposure between about 0.01 and about 5 Joules/cm.sup.2, while sparing nonpigmented cells and collagenous structures within the irradiated area. The method is useful for the treatment of glaucoma, intraocular melanoma, and macular edema.

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