A patient adapter for an eye laser apparatus comprises a first partial adapter unit (32), including a suction ring portion to be placed on an eye and affixed on the eye by means of suction force, the suction ring portion (48) having a ring axis (50)； and a second partial adapter unit formed separately from the first partial adapter unit, the second partial adapter unit (34) being configured for releasable coupling to the eye laser apparatus and including an eye contact element for shaping the surface of the eye, wherein the two partial adapter units are held together mechanically in a module between a first relative position, in which the eye contact element has a first axial position with respect to the suction ring portion, and a second relative position, in which the eye contact element has a second axial position with respect to the suction ring portion.一種用於一眼科雷射裝置之患者適配器包括：一第一部分適配器單元(32)，該第一部分適配器單元包括一吸引環部分，該吸引環部分將放置於一眼睛上且藉由吸力而貼附於該眼睛上，該吸引環部分(48)具有一環軸(50)；及與該第一部分適配器單元分開形成之一第二部分適配器單元，該第二部分適配器單元(34)經組態以用於可釋放地耦接至該眼科雷射裝置且包括用於對該眼睛之表面整形的一眼睛接觸元件，其中該兩個部分適配器單元被機械地一起固持於一模組中在一第一相對位置與一第二相對位置之間，在該第一相對位置，該眼睛接觸元件具有相對於該吸引環部分之一第一軸向位置，且在該第二相對位置，該眼睛接觸元件具有相對於該吸引環部分之一第二軸向位置。
