RONALD KURTZ, MD
Medical Practice in Irvine, CA

6991629, Jan 31, 2006

Aug 19, 2003

10/643834

Tibor Juhasz - Irvine CA, US
Ronald M. Kurtz - Irvine CA, US
Carlos G. Suarez - Irvine CA, US

Intralase Corp. - Irvine CA

A61B 18/20

606 5, 606 17

A disposable lens for reconfiguring the cornea of an eye for ophthalmic laser surgery includes a lens which has a flat anterior surface that is formed opposite a contact surface. A skirt surrounds the contact surface and extends outwardly therefrom to define a chamber. The skirt is formed with a groove which creates a suction channel between the skirt and the contact surface in the chamber. In its operation, the lens is positioned over the cornea and a vacuum pump is selectively activated to create a partial vacuum in the suction channel. Due to this partial vacuum, the cornea is drawn into the chamber where it is urged against the contact surface of the lens. The result of this is that the cornea is flattened into a configuration where the introduction of spherical aberration and coma into a light beam passing into the cornea is reduced or eliminated.

2010017, Jul 15, 2010

Mar 30, 2010

12/750312

Ronald M. Kurtz - Irvine CA, US

AMO Development, LLC - Santa Ana CA

A61F 9/01, A61B 18/20

606 4

A system and method for ophthalmic laser surgery is disclosed. An optical scanner is employed to create a thickness profile for the cornea. A lens is placed in contact with the anterior surface of the cornea. The thickness profile is then used to identify a scan region within the cornea, wherein the scan region is disposed at approximately a uniform distance from the posterior surface of the cornea. A focal point of a laser beam is thereafter scanned along a path within the scan region to create an intracorneal incision.

2010032, Dec 23, 2010

Jun 24, 2010

12/823040

Ronald M. Kurtz - Irvine CA, US

A61F 9/01

606 6

A method of performing a cataract procedure may include the steps of: imaging one or more corneal marks created by a corneal procedure, determining corneal location information regarding a location of a treatment region of the corneal procedure based on the imaged corneal marks, and placing laser pulses for a cataract surgery using the corneal location information. A corresponding ophthalmic laser system may include an imaging system to image a corneal region of an eye, an image analyzer to facilitate a determination of corneal location information based on one or more image provided by the imaging system, and a surgical laser system to place laser pulses into a lens of the eye using the corneal location information. The imaging system may include an ophthalmic coherence tomographic (OCT) system.

2009006, Mar 12, 2009

Sep 10, 2008

12/208275

Ronald M. Kurtz - Irvine CA, US

A61F 9/009

606 4, 600236

Apparatus, techniques and systems are provided for interfacing with an eye in laser surgery.

2009017, Jul 9, 2009

Jan 9, 2009

12/351752

Ferenc Raksi - Mission Viejo CA, US
Ronald M. Kurtz - Irvine CA, US
Eric Weinberg - Rancho Santa Fe CA, US

G06Q 50/00, G06Q 40/00, G06Q 90/00

705 3, 705 2, 705 4, 705 34

A system and method for billing for one or more surgical procedures includes a treatment planning module to accept input selecting multiple surgical procedures, a patient data management module to provide patient data, and a billing module to charge different payers for the selected surgical procedures in relation to the patient data, wherein the control system is operable to communicate with a surgical apparatus, configured to perform the selected multiple procedures. The system can include a user interface to provide a treatment planning menu to select surgical procedures, a payer sources menu, to input identification of the different payers, and a payer factor menu, to input factors impacting coverage by the different payers. A method of billing for one or more surgical procedures includes accepting input selecting multiple surgical procedures, accepting input regarding patient data, and charging different payers for the selected surgical procedures in relation to the patient data.

7018376, Mar 28, 2006

Jun 10, 2004

10/865165

R. Kyle Webb - Escondido CA, US
Michael F. Brownell - Huntington Beach CA, US
Christopher Horvath - Irvine CA, US
Tibor Juhasz - Irvine CA, US
Ronald M. Kurtz - Irvine CA, US
Laszlo I. Nagy - Anaheim Hills CA, US
Mark W. Ross - Costa Mesa CA, US
Carlos G. Suarez - Irvine CA, US

Intralase Corp. - Irvine CA

A61B 18/18

606 4, 606 5, 606166

A method for applanating an anterior surface of a cornea and coupling the eye to a surgical laser is disclosed. A interface is provided which has a central orifice and top and bottom surfaces. A suction ring is removably coupled to the bottom surface of the interface. The interface is positioned over an operative area of an eye, such that the suction ring comes into proximate contact with the surface of the eye. A suction is applied to the suction ring to stabilize the position of the interface relative to the operative area of the eye. An applanation lens is positioned in proximate contact with the operative area of the eye. Finally, the applanation lens is coupled to the interface to stabilize the position of the lens relative to the operative area of the eye.

6902561, Jun 7, 2005

Mar 21, 2003

10/394368

Ronald M. Kurtz - Irvine CA, US
Tibor Juhasz - Irvine CA, US
Peter Goldstein - Santa Ana CA, US
Imre Hegedus - Lake Forest CA, US
Christopher Horvath - Irvine CA, US
Gordon S. Scholler - Poway CA, US
Alan W. Berg - Rapid City SD, US

Intralase Corp. - Irvine CA

A61F009/008

606 4, 128898, 606 5

A method and system for improved material processing using a laser beam. The method and system includes directing a laser beam above, at or below the surface of the material in one or more preferred patterns and with preferred laser pulse characteristics specific to the material to reduce or mitigate the accumulation or effects of gas, debris, fluid, or other by-products of photodisruption either at the location where additional laser pulses are being placed or in other sensitive locations in the material.

2003001, Jan 16, 2003

Jul 13, 2001

09/905635

Tibor Juhasz - Irvine CA, US
Ronald Kurtz - Irvine CA, US
J. Alexander - Newport Beach CA, US
Christopher Horvath - Irvine CA, US
Carlos Suarez - Irvine CA, US

A61B018/18, A61F002/14, A61F009/00

606/005000, 606/166000, 623/005110, 623/005120

A surgical method for vision correction includes the step of first determining the type, size and shape of a corneal implant and a location within the stroma for placement of the corneal implant. Next, the dimensions of a stromal pocket suitable for accommodating the corneal implant are prescribed. To create the stromal pocket, a pulsed laser beam is focused to a point within the stromal tissue and then moved within the stromal tissue to photodisrupt the prescribed volume of stromal tissue. Once the stromal pocket is established, an entry channel extending from the anterior surface of the eye to the stromal pocket is created. The entry channel is sized to allow the prescribed corneal implant to pass through the entry channel and into the stromal pocket.

2009013, May 21, 2009

Sep 5, 2008

12/205844

Ronald M. Kurtz - Irvine CA, US
Ferenc Raksi - Mission Viejo CA, US
Michael Karavitis - Aliso Viejo CA, US

A61F 9/008, A61B 18/20, A61B 6/00, A61B 8/00

606 4, 606 11, 600476, 600439

Techniques, apparatus and systems for laser surgery including imaging-guided surgery techniques, apparatus and systems.