Computers As Medical Treatment Devices Uses for computers as equipment in the treatment of patient disorders quickly sprung up once their speed, functionality and overall flexibility became understood. Complex calculations that had to be checked multiple times in the past for zero-tolerance for error could now be done in a fraction of the time, with little or no worry of error. 1. Uses in Optic Surgery The field of optics has been around for several centuries, since the understanding that impairment of any sight was generally caused by some sort of refractive problem within the lens of the eye. The eye in itself i