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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8113656 | Ophthalmic photography apparatus A monocular image of a fundus of an eye under examination is captured via a photographic stop for monocular photography, and two stereographically viewed images are captured with a parallax via two photographic stops for stereographic photography that are decentered... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8061840 | Ocular light stimulus apparatus An ocular light stimulus apparatus provides the ocular fundus of an examinee's eye under examination with observation light to observe the ocular fundus and provides localized background light and stimulus light to a retina of the ocular fundus to perform biological... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7973940 | Optical object measurement apparatus An optical object measurement apparatus includes a light source for generating a low-coherent light beam, which is swept via an array of pinholes on a Nipkow disk that rotates about an axis. A beam splitter splits the swept light beam into a probe light beam toward ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7954949 | Hand-held ocular fundus imaging apparatus A lightweight and compact hand-held ocular fundus imaging apparatus is provided wherein alignment can be easily performed while ensuring a working length. An examiner takes hold of a grip by hand and secures a face pad against part of the face of a patient. The exam... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7952723 | Optical coherence tomography apparatus An optical coherence tomography apparatus includes a light source for generating a low-coherent light beam, which is split into a probe light beam toward the object and a reference light beam toward a reference optical path. The probe light beam is swept one-dimensi... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7848625 | Imaging system An imaging system is provided that is capable of controlling a photographic operation to provide favorable images of a fundus of an eye to be examined. When a normal photographic mode is selected, a single operation of a shutter button causes a single trigger signal... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7832865 | Ophthalmic photographic apparatus A timer function hold mode in which the timer continues the timing function is set in a mydriatic fluorescence mode by operating a timer switch for at least a fixed time, or by simultaneously operating a fluorescence filter switch and the timer switch. If the timer ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7815312 | Ocular light stimulus apparatus Stimulus light is projected from a stimulus light source onto an ocular fundus of an eye under examination to locally stimulate the retina in order to perform a biological examination. During a biological examination, first background light is projected from an illu... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7780292 | Ophthalmologic examination apparatus An ophthalmologic examination apparatus has a main unit housing an illuminating optical system that illuminates a fundus of a subject's eye to be examined and an imaging optical system that images the illuminated eye fundus. First and second attachment units are rem... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7735999 | Ophthalmic photographic apparatus A timer function hold mode in which the timer continues the timing function is set in a mydriatic fluorescence mode by operating a timer switch for at least a fixed time, or by simultaneously operating a fluorescence filter switch and the timer switch. If the timer ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7695141 | Ocular light stimulus apparatus A stimulus light from a stimulus light source is projected to the retina of an ocular fundus under examination to stimulate the retina in localized fashion to generate a bioelectric signal from the retina. The stimulus light source is mounted on a movable block, and... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7658496 | Perimeter A perimeter performs a kinetic visual field examination on the basis of a response as to whether a subject visually recognizes a displayed stimulus for kinetic visual field examination. The stimulus is displayed a series of times on an inner surface of a visual fiel... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7625088 | Image processing apparatus A model eye that models the optical characteristics of a human eye and is endowed with a grayscale pattern on the ocular fundus model surface is stereographically photographed with a parallax via a stereo photographic optical system. Photographed images are processe... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7572009 | Method and apparatus for processing an eye fundus image A left parallax image and a right parallax image for a fundus of the same eye being examined are captured and recorded, and at least one of the two images is displayed. An image in a prescribed area is clipped from the displayed image, and an image in an area that c... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7278740 | Ophthalmic apparatus A grid formed with apertures of a predetermined shape is illuminated with light from a lamp and projected onto a tear meniscus accumulated on the lower eyelid. The aperture image projected on the tear film is imaged by a CCD camera. The tear meniscus functions as a ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7429107 | Ophthalmic photography apparatus An ophthalmic photography apparatus is provided in which focus and alignment can be adjusted over the whole period of infrared light-excited fluorescence photography. During alignment and focus adjustments, the brightness of index light sources used for such adjustm... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7413304 | Ophthalmic apparatus A grid formed with apertures of a predetermined shape is illuminated with light from a lamp and projected onto a tear meniscus accumulated on the lower eyelid. The aperture image projected on the tear film is imaged by a CCD camera. The tear meniscus functions as a ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7393104 | Ophthalmic testing unit and ophthalmic testing equipment When a Landolt ring optotype is presented in a visual acuity testing unit, an examinee answers a position of a slit of the optotype through an operation of a joystick lever or the like. If an examinee gives a right answer within a standard time at a first presentati... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7370965 | Ophthalmological measuring apparatus An ophthalmological measuring apparatus has a display that displays a digital image of an imaged ocular fundus of a subject eye. A specifying device specifies an arbitrary point on the displayed digital image. An extracting device extracts from the displayed digital... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7341347 | Fundus image display system In a fundus image display system, a fundus image, time information and a tool bar are displayed on a monitor screen. In case where the tool bar overlaps with the fundus image or the time information, the tool bar is made transparent in the overlapped portion so at t... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7325924 | Ophthalmic photographic apparatus An ophthalmic photographic apparatus comprises a photographic mask for defining a fundus photography range, a photographic stop for eliminating light reflected from an anterior portion of the eye, and a focusing lens for bringing the fundus into focus. The photograp... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7287854 | Ophthalmic photography apparatus A photographic stop with two apertures is disposed at a position substantially conjugate to the anterior ocular segment of the eye being examined and at a position on the object-side focal surface of an image-forming lens. An eye fundus image is guided via a lattice... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7270414 | Ophthalmic photographic apparatus An ophthalmic photographic apparatus is provided that is readily able to capture dynamic and still eye fundus images by infrared light-excited fluorescence. A CCD device that is sensitive to infrared light is used to capture images of the eye fundus as dynamic and s... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267438 | Fundus photography apparatus A fundus photography apparatus is provided that enables optimal adjustment of exposure values according to the color characteristics of the anterior ocular segment of the subject eye. The fundus photography apparatus comprises means for photographing the anterior oc... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7261413 | Apparatus for measuring fundus fluorescence Exciting light from a strobe light source is projected onto the fundus of the subject eye to excite a fluorescence substance in a subject eye fundus. Natural fluorescence exited in the fundus is received by a photodiode via a stop located at a position that is conju... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258440 | Ophthalmic photographic apparatus An ophthalmic photographic apparatus includes an illumination optical system for illuminating an eye fundus and a photographing optical system for photographing an image of the illuminated eye fundus. The ophthalmic photographic apparatus includes a first aperture s... | 08/21/2007 |
| 6797717 | Anilide compounds and drugs containing the same The invention relates to a novel anilide compound and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same. The invention relates to a compound represented by the following general formula: represents a divalent residue of b... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6489991 | TV camera system with external cable having built-in amplifier for connecting TV camera unit to lens unit A TV camera system comprises a TV camera unit and a lens unit that can be attached to, and detached from, the TV camera unit. The lens unit includes an iris mechanism the operation of which is controlled by signals from the TV camera unit. The TV camera u... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6471691 | Ophthalmic treatment apparatus An ophthalmic treatment apparatus uses therapy and diagnostic laser light sources whose beams are deflected two-dimensionally via an optical deflector and a galvanomirror and directed on the eye fundus to produce a fundus image on a display monitor. A pho... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6364484 | Ophthalmic examination apparatus An ophthalmic examination apparatus has portable ophthalmic diagnostic equipment devices each having a different ophthalmic diagnostic function. A supporting device releasably supports each of the ophthalmic diagnostic equipment devices in an operative po... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6362208 | Anilide compounds and drugs containing the same The invention relates to a novel anilide compound and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same. The invention relates to a compound represented by the following general formula: ##STR1## represents a divalent residue of benzene with a substituent(... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6325511 | Ophthalmic photographic apparatus When fluorescent photography is initiated, a mode switching signal is sent to the image processing section to change the image processing mode to monochrome processing. At the same time, a timer is started that indicates the time elapsed since the fluores... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6318860 | Perimeter A perimeter has an image input for inputting eye fundus image data and a display device for displaying an eye fundus image in accordance with the eye fundus image data inputted by the image input. A prescribed area of the eye fundus image displayed on the... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6300999 | Optical apparatus An optical apparatus is provided with storage means for storing captured images taken beforehand within a range of directional variability of an optical imaging system. The direction of the optical imaging system is detected and an image obtained in the d... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6252235 | Apparatus for imaging fluorescent particles An apparatus for imaging fluorescent particles comprises an imaging vessel having a lower section defining an interior space for containing fluorescent particles, the lower section having a side wall, a bottom wall and an exterior surface portion defining... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6211953 | Vessel for imaging fluorescent particles A vessel for imaging fluorescent particles comprises a tubular body having an upper section, and a lower section defining an interior space for containing fluorescent particles. The lower section of the tubular body has an exterior surface portion forming... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6062692 | Vision tester A vision tester comprises a slide projector for projecting a visual indication chart onto a curved display screen via a mirror rotated by a motor. The center of curvature of the curved display screen substantially coincides with the subject's eye. The rot... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5936764 | Laser scanning optical microscope A laser scanning optical microscope comprises a first optical scanning device for generating a laser beam and scanning a specimen with the laser beam in a direction at a preselected frequency. A drive circuit controls the first optical scanning device to ... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5907399 | Particle measurement apparatus Light receiving elements detect the intensity of light scattered from a sample cuvette containing particles irradiated by a laser beam from a laser source. Signals from the light receiving elements are evaluated to determine the size and number of the par... | 05/25/1999 |
