Transscleral photodisruption for the treatment of glaucoma

Zachary S. Sacks; Frieder H. Loesel; Charles G. Durfee III; Ron M. Kurtz M.D.; Tibor Juhasz; Gerard A. Mourou

doi:10.1117/12.341434

4 March 1999 Transscleral photodisruption for the treatment of glaucoma

Zachary S. Sacks, Frieder H. Loesel, Charles G. Durfee III, Ron M. Kurtz M.D., Tibor Juhasz, Gerard A. Mourou

Proceedings Volume 3726, Saratov Fall Meeting '98: Light Scattering Technologies for Mechanics, Biomedicine, and Material Science; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.341434
Event: Saratov Fall Meeting '98: Light Scattering Technologies for Mechanics, Biomedicine, and Material Science, 1998, Saratov, Russian Federation

Abstract

To evaluate transscleral glaucoma surgery techniques using ultrashort pulsed lasers, we attempted to produce photodisruption on the inner surface of the sclera without damaging the overlying tissue. We identified two methods, using pulses centered at 1700 nm and a transparency inducing drug, to produce the spatial and temporal confinement of the pulse necessary to produce photodisruption in the highly scattering sclera. When fully developed these concepts may help address the longstanding limitations of current glaucoma surgical techniques.

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Zachary S. Sacks, Frieder H. Loesel, Charles G. Durfee III, Ron M. Kurtz M.D., Tibor Juhasz, and Gerard A. Mourou "Transscleral photodisruption for the treatment of glaucoma", Proc. SPIE 3726, Saratov Fall Meeting '98: Light Scattering Technologies for Mechanics, Biomedicine, and Material Science, (4 March 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.341434

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