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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D660416 | Ceiling mount having an arm assembly for holding a surgical microscope | 05/22/2012 |
| 8177364 | Illumination device as well as observation device Disclosed are an illumination device for an observation device comprising one, two or more observation beam paths with one respective beam of observation rays, especially for an ophthalamogic surgical microscope, and a corresponding observation device. Said illumina... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175353 | Method and device for producing an image of a thin layer of an object A method for producing an image of a layer of an object by a wide field optical element on a resolving detector. The object is illuminated in a focused manner on at least one object plane having at least two binary illuminating patterns. The corresponding images are... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171937 | Method and apparatus for precision working of material A method for precise working of material, particularly organic tissue, comprises the step of providing laser pulses with a pulse length between 50 fs and 1 ps and with a pulse frequency from 50 kHz to 1 MHz and with a wavelength between 600 and 2000 nm for acting on... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8167428 | Applicator for an ophthalmologic treatment device An applicator for an ophthalmologic treatment or diagnostic device, wherein a laser beam and an illumination beam are directed at the eye and light reflected from the eye is fed to an examining beam path. A reflective surface is provided for the reflection of the il... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8159743 | Surgical microscope having an illuminating arrangement The invention relates to a surgical microscope having a microscope main objective for the visualization of an object plane in an object region. The objective is passed through by a first stereoscopic component beam path and by a second stereoscopic component beam pa... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154797 | Surgical microscope for use in surgical procedures including neurosurgery A surgical microscope has an illuminating arrangement for illuminating light in an operating region to be examined with the surgical microscope. The arrangement contains a high-power light source which includes an intensity adjusting device. The device makes possibl... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8123353 | Ophthalmologic apparatus and method for the observation, examination, diagnosis, and/or treatment of an eye An ophthalmologic apparatus and a method for the contactless observation, examination, treatment, and/or diagnosis of an eye. The apparatus is structurally based on a fundus camera or an ophthalmoscope. An illumination beam path extends from a first illumination sou... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8115993 | Stereo-examination systems with image rotation A stereo-examination system including an objective arrangement configured to receive an object-side beam bundle emanating from the object plane and to convert the object-side beam bundle into an image-side beam bundle and a selection arrangement configured to select... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8093517 | Arrangement for influencing device functions by means of a foot movement An apparatus for triggering, changing or ending device functions by means of foot movements can include a resting surface for the sole of a foot and at least one switch, arranged in the region of the resting surface and at a fixed distance from the resting surface, ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8092446 | Device and method for material processing by means of laser radiation In a device for material processing by laser radiation, including a source of laser radiation emitting pulsed laser radiation for interaction with the material; optics focusing the pulsed processing laser radiation to a center of interaction in the material and a sc... | 01/10/2012 |
| D650405 | Microscope assembly | 12/13/2011 |
| 8070734 | Arrangement for the removal of waste products during the ablation of biological tissue The invention relates to an arrangement for the removal of waste products, such as smoke and tissue particles, arising during the ablation of biological tissue by means of laser irradiation. According to the invention, discharge openings for a flushing gas are provi... | 12/06/2011 |
| D650106 | Light illumination source | 12/06/2011 |
| D650072 | Ceiling mount having an arm holding a monitor | 12/06/2011 |
| D649992 | Stand for microscope assembly | 12/06/2011 |
| 8054543 | Microscopy system The invention relates to a microscopy system for representing an object that can be placed on an object plane (1) of the microscopy system, the latter comprising a representation system (26) containing several optical elements for providing at least on... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8049873 | Surgical microscopy system having an optical coherence tomography facility A surgical microscopy system is provided wherein an optical coherence tomography facility is integrated into a microscopy system. A beam of measuring light formed by collimating optics of an OCT system is deflected by a beam scanner, traverses imaging optics, and is... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8029499 | Endprobe for intraocular treatment of the eye An endoprobe for ophthalmic microsurgery for intraocular treatment of the eye and that affords a surgeon good visibility regardless of the distance from the treatment site in the eye. The endoprobe includes a stainless steel cannula enclosing one or more optical fib... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8029136 | Method and device for performing online aberrometry in refractive eye correction A device for correcting visual defects of an eye comprises a coherent light source, a beam modification device for shaping and deflecting a beam of the coherent light source, and a wavefront analyzer device for analyzing a wavefront of an optical path in the eye. | 10/04/2011 |
| 8025659 | Laser device and method for machining material using laser radiation Disclosed is a laser device for machining material, comprising a laser beam source which supplies pulsed laser radiation, and a variable deflection unit that introduces said laser radiation into the material at different, selectable points so as to create optical br... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7992998 | Ophthalmological measuring system and method for determining the biometric data of an eye An ophthalmological measuring system for obtaining biometric data of an eye with a view to the pre-operative determination of a replacement lens or supplementary lens or refractive operations. The invention includes a combination of a measuring instrument based on u... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7989731 | Method for processing materials with laser pulses having a large spectral bandwidth A method and device for processing materials with laser pulses having a large spectral bandwidth and a device for carrying out said method. The aim of the invention is to create an easy, flexible method enabling universally applicable processing which can, however, ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7982881 | Apparatus and method for interferometric measurement of a sample A device for the interferometric measurement of a sample, in particular the eye, including an interferometer arrangement with a first measurement beam path, through which a measurement beam falls onto the sample, and a first reference beam path, through which a refe... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7976155 | Adapter for coupling a laser processing device to an object An adapter to be applied in contact with an anterior corneal surface. The adapter includes a contact glass portion having a corneal contact surface curvature that is flatter than the undeformed anterior corneal surface. When the contact glass is applied the cornea a... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7950398 | Method and device for increasing an optical system focal depth A method and device for modifying optical system properties by means of a continuously multifocal profile, wherein said profile comprises a component for increasing the optical system focal depth and is calculated according to a fourth-order Zernike polynom. The aim... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7929218 | Variable lens The invention relates to a variable lens for controlling electromagnetic radiation that interacts with said lens in a controlled manner. The lens includes a container; a first dielectric fluid that is held in the container; a second dielectric fluid that is held in ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926945 | Device and method for monitoring, documenting and/or diagnosing the fundus The present invention is directed to a device and a method for the observation, documentation and/or diagnosis of the fundus in which the diagnosis is carried out by evaluating the documented images of the fundus. The device according to the invention comprises an o... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7921852 | Method and device for forming curved sections in a transparent material The invention relates to a method for forming curved sections in a transparent material, especially in a cornea, by producing optical breaks at various points in the material by means of pulsed laser beams focused into the material. The laser beam is deviated in a t... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7909463 | Method for determining vision defects and for collecting data for correcting vision defects of the eye by interaction of a patient with an examiner and apparatus therefor Apparatus for determining defects of the retina of the eye by interaction between a patient and an examiner, which apparatus comprises an electronically-controlled, adaptive optical system configured to form an image in the eye of the patient. ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7887531 | Excimer laser unit and relative control method for performing cornea ablation to reduce presbyopia There are described an excimer laser unit and a method of controlling the unit to perform cornea ablation to reduce presbyopia, wherein the excimer laser unit is controlled to form on the cornea a photoablative pattern inducing a fourth-order ocular aberration, in p... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7887185 | Method and arrangement for the measurement of the anterior segment of the eye The invention is directed to an arrangement and a method for measuring the anterior segment of the eye using interferometric means. The eye is illuminated by a convergent beam bundle and aligned with the optical axis of the measuring device by generating directional... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7871164 | Ophthalmological instrument A homogeneously illuminating ophthalmic instrument includes an illumination device having a source of illumination, a homogenizing unit and a projection device, at least one organic or inorganic source of radiation with spectrally selective emission being used as a ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7863543 | Apparatus and method for material processing using a transparent contact element A method of preparing an apparatus for material processing by generating optical breakthroughs in an object. The apparatus includes a variable focus adjustment device. A contact element is mounted to the apparatus, the contact element has a curved contact surface ha... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7859684 | Object figuring device A device for shaping objects by removal of material from the surface thereof with a pulsed laser beam and a deflecting device through which the laser bean is guided over the surface of the object. An optical device is provided for changing the distribution of the ra... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7842030 | Device and method for detection of eye movements In a device for detecting eye movements, used in an eye-surgical instrument, which deflects a pulsed treatment laser beam over the cornea in order to form cut areas in the cornea of the eye, and thus forms a sequence of optical breakthroughs in or on the cornea, whe... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7836892 | Method for controlling a device for treating the human eye A method for controlling a device for the treatment or refractive correction of the human eye using an electronic data processing system. The method provides a simple overview of the influence of all of the parameters. To this end, once the operating parameters have... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7810929 | Optical system for a fundus camera The invention is directed to an optical system for a fundus camera in which lens pairs are tilted relative to the imaging beam path to prevent flare. This tilting is carried out in two planes and these planes are preferably oriented perpendicular to one another.... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7810927 | Refractive treatment device with slit illumination A solution by which an examination of the cornea for possible encapsulations, air bubbles, or other irregularities following a refractive surgery can be carried out directly at the treatment device instead of the patient having to be transferred to an examination de... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7802885 | Imaging unit for ophthalmological devices, in particular, for fundus cameras and method for the use thereof A stripe pattern of known distance is imaged on the ocular fundus by the imaging unit for opthalmological devices. This makes it possible to carry out absolute measurements of distances and objects at the ocular fundus with knowledge of the initial values serving as... | 09/28/2010 |
