WO2008064177A2 - System and method for preparation of donor corneal tissue - Google Patents
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- the field of the present invention is systems and procedures for transplanting corneas.
- Corneal transplants using lasers to incise corneal tissue prior to transplantation of donor tissue into the cornea of a recipient cornea are relatively new procedures. As part of these procedures, laser incisions are made in both the donor cornea and the recipient cornea. Most lasers used for such transplant procedures have dual uses-they have been employed as part of LASlK procedures several years, typically to incise the cornea and provide surgeons with access to stromal tissue within the cornea. Such lasers are typically housed right in the ophthalmologist's office or in a surgical center for refractive eye care because, up until recently, the primary use of these lasers has been for performing the LASlK procedure. These ofices and centers, however, are not generally kept in the sterile condition required for corneal transplant procedures.
- the present invention is directed toward a system and method for preparation of donor corneal tissue.
- the system includes two surgical lasers, the first of which is adapted to incise a recipient cornea to enable resection of recipient corneal tissue.
- the second surgical laser is adapted to incise a donor cornea to enable resection of donor corneal tissue.
- Both surgical lasers are adapted to make corneal incisions defined by incision parameters, and both are calibrated to make substantially precise incisions when provided with identical incision parameters.
- each of the surgical lasers are calibrated to make the corneal incisions to within a predetermined tolerance.
- the system may be configured to include one or more options.
- the first surgical laser is configured to transmit the selected incision parameters to the second surgical laser.
- the transmission may be performed through a communication network, public or private, or through a direct connection between the tow surgical lasers.
- at least one of the surgical lasers may be adapted to provide selectable options which enable the operator to alter one or more of the corneal incisions defined by the incision parameters according to predetermined alteration parameters. Such an option permits select incisions to be made oversized or undersized as desired by the attending surgeon.
- two surgical lasers are first calibrated such that they make substantially precise incisions in corneal tissue when provided with identical incision parameters.
- the first surgical laser which is adapted to incise a recipient cornea, provides a plurality of incision parameters for selection of first incision parameters.
- the first incision parameters are used to incise the recipient cornea to enable resection of recipient corneal tissue.
- the first incision parameters are also transferred to the second surgical laser for incising the donor cornea, thereby enabling resection of donor corneal tissue.
- the method may also be altered to include one or more of the configuration options discussed above for the system.
- FIG. 1 schematically illustrates a system for preparation of donor corneal tissue
- FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the steps of a transplant procedure.
- Fig. 1 illustrates a system 1 1 for preparation of donor corneal tissue as part of a transplant procedure.
- the system 11 has two primary components, a first surgical laser 13 and a second surgical laser 15, both of which are interconnected to communicate via a communication network 17.
- Each surgical laser preferably has surgical capabilities similar to commercially available femtosecond surgical lasers, such as the surgical laser manufactured by IntraLase Corp. of Irvine, California. These surgical lasers are capable of being programmed with various incision patterns, or alternatively incision pattern segments which may be used to construct a whole incision pattern, for incising corneal tissue. By including preprogrammed incision patterns with the surgical laser, the attending surgeon may be provided with choices for selection of an appropriate incision pattern for a given transplant procedure.
- the two surgical lasers may be located within the same surgical facility.
- the system 11 shown in Fig. 1 is suited to have the surgical lasers located at separate, remote locations.
- the first surgical laser 13 might be located at the facilities where the surgeon will perform the graft itself
- the second surgical laser 15 might be located at a tissue bank where the donor cornea is prepared and processed so that the donor corneal tissue can be harvested.
- the network 17 may be a public or private communication network, such as the Internet, or it may be a direct connection between the two surgical lasers using a telephone service.
- the communication network may be any type of network, digital or analogue, known to those skilled in the art of electronic communication networks.
- both surgical lasers 13, 15 are capable of being used in combination for a successful transplant procedure, they both need to be calibrated so that an incision is made with precision to within a predetermined tolerance as compared the definition of the incision according to the incision parameter.
- both surgical lasers 13, 15 are capable of making incisions in the direction of the z-axis (the z-axis runs along the optical axis of the laser beam emitted from the surgical laser) and within planes perpendicular to the z-axis (i.e., planes defined by the x-axis and y-axis, each being orthogonal to the z-axis) with substantially the same precision.
- planes perpendicular to the z-axis i.e., planes defined by the x-axis and y-axis, each being orthogonal to the z-axis
- Calibration along each axis direction helps ensure that the two surgical lasers 13, 15 make incisions at substantially the same depth within the cornea and having substantially the same shape.
- Making a corneal incision with depth precision can be important for many different types of incision patterns, especially for incisions which run anterior to posterior, and not in a straight line, within the cornea.
- An example of a non-straight incision is a "zigzag" incision, which is described in U.S. Patent Application No. 11 1469,899, filed September 5, 2006, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
- Making incisions at a precise depth is also important during transplant procedures such as the anterior lamellar keratoplasty (ALK) or the posterior lamellar keratoplasty (PLK), each of which involves a partial thickness corneal transplant.
- ALK anterior lamellar keratoplasty
- PK posterior lamellar keratoplasty
- a corneal incision with precision in the x-axis and y-axis directions can be important for matching the overall size of donor corneal tissue to the recipient cornea.
- the surgeon will elect to remove recipient corneal tissue using a simple radial incision to define the perimeter of the damaged tissue to be replaced.
- the radius of the donor corneal tissue closely match, to within a predetermined tolerance, the radius of the damaged tissue removed from the recipient cornea.
- the surgeon may elect to make more complex incisions, such as an ellipse or other, even more complex shape, to define the perimeter of the damaged tissue to be removed.
- the complexity of the incision may be as complex as desired and may take any form selected by the attending surgeon. Again, regardless of how the periphery of the graft is defined by the surgeon, it is highly desirable that the perimeter of the donor corneal tissue closely match, to within a predetermined tolerance, the perimeter of the damaged tissue removed from the recipient cornea.
- both surgical lasers 13, 15 are calibrated in advance. Calibration of the lasers may be performed using any technique known to the skilled artisan.
- One method of calibration includes directing the laser beam from the surgical laser into a substrate, such as glass, agarose gel, or other appropriate material, to make test patterns at predetermined depths within the substrate. The test patterns are selected to allow calibration along all three major axes. The precision of the test patterns and the depth of each test pattern is thereafter measured to determine the overall precision of the surgical laser.
- the optics of the laser may be adjusted to increase the precision, or more preferably, the programming of the laser is adjusted to compensate for any measured imprecision, thereby enabling the surgical laser make more precise incisions.
- the each surgical laser is calibrated to have a precision which is better than 200 pm in the direction of the x-axis and y-axis and better than 20 pm in the direction of the z- axis, although depending upon the needs of the surgeon, the precision of each surgical laser may be as much as 500 pm or as little as 25 pm in the direction of the xaxis and y-axis or as much as 50 pm or as little as 5 pm in the direction of the z-axis.
- Fig. 2 shows the basic steps taken to perform a transplant procedure using the two surgical lasers of Fig. 1.
- the first surgical laser presents the surgeon with various options for the incision parameters.
- the surgeon is the one performing the transplant procedure and the first surgical laser is the one used to incise the recipient cornea.
- These options may include an entire incision pattern sufficient to allow resection of corneal tissue, or they may be segments of incision patterns which, when properly selected and assembled into a whole incision pattern, are sufficient to allow resection of corneal tissue.
- the surgeon selects an incision pattern, or segments of incision patterns, which forms the basis of the incision parameters for the transplant procedure.
- the surgeon also selects as part of the incision parameters dimensions of the corneal tissue which is to be removed from both the donor and recipient corneas.
- the selected incision parameters are communicated to the second surgical laser.
- Other data may also be included as part of the incision parameters at the discretion of the surgeon. This communication may occur electronically between the two surgical lasers over a communication network as shown in Fig. 1 , or it may be done in a more manual fashion, where the incision parameters are placed in writing, transferred to the facility housing the second surgical laser, and manually input into the second surgical laser.
- the next step 27 is to use the second surgical laser to incise the donor cornea.
- the donor tissue is transported to the facility where the surgeon is performing the transplant procedure.
- the donor tissue may be resected from the donor cornea before transport to the surgeon, or alternatively, the entire donor cornea may be transported to the surgeon, who then resects the donor tissue from the donor cornea prior to or at the time of the transplant procedure.
- the next step 31 is for the surgeon to incise the recipient cornea so that the in the last step 33, the recipient tissue is resected and the donor tissue is grafted into the recipient cornea.
- Another option which may be made available to the surgeon overseeing the transplant procedure is the option to have one of the surgical lasers make incisions oversized or undersized. This permits the surgeon to better manage the relative sizes of the donor tissue and the incision made in the recipient cornea to achieve a better fit for the grafted tissue.
- the surgeon may elect to alter select incisions in the incision pattern for the donor cornea so that the select incisions are slightly oversized (or undersized) as compared to the same incisions made in the recipient cornea.
- Such alterations are preferably identified as alteration parameters which are transmitted as part of the incision parameters to the surgical laser that incises the donor cornea.
- alterations may be applied to any part of the incision pattern, including but not limited to the overall size of the perimeter of the incision pattern, the depth of any angles formed by the incision pattern, or the depth of any stromal bed which is formed as part of an ALK or PLK procedure.
- the surgeon may choose to make select incisions in the recipient cornea oversized or undersized using the first surgical laser and have the second surgical laser incise the donor cornea according unaltered incision parameters.
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