Quotables
"Fooling around with alternating current is just a waste of time. Nobody will use it, ever."
Thomas Edison ; 1889
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8092024 | Eye measurement apparatus and methods of using same An apparatus for measuring a subject's eye having an instrument axis, comprising a slit projector for projecting slits of light, at least one sensor. The apparatus being adapted to form a first image of light from a first slit on the at least one sensor after the li... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7993000 | Method and apparatus for imaging an eye of a small animal Imaging an eye of an animal can include injecting a ring of light through an outer portion of an entrance pupil of the eye of the animal onto a back interior portion of the eye. Light reflected off of the back interior portion of the eye and through an exit pupil ef... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7854510 | Apparatus and method for imaging the eye A slit lamp mounted eye imaging device for viewing wide field and/or magnified views of the retina or the anterior segment through an undilated or dilated pupil. The apparatus images posterior and anterior segments of the eye, and sections/focal planes in between an... | 12/21/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7736001 | Focusing unit and ophthalmic photographing apparatus A focusing unit can be inserted into and removed from an illumination light path by rotating around a supporting portion. An index light source, a green LED, is attached to the bottom of a base. A transparent acrylic-resin disk is fixed to the base. A deflection pri... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7736002 | Suspended slit lamp A slit lamp apparatus is suspended from a support structure such that no examination table is required in front of a patient during an examination. Accordingly, a patient's interaction with the slit lamp apparatus is unobstructed. Individual components of the slit l... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7670003 | Examination assembly with improved access for the wheelchair bound patient An examination assembly advantageous for use with wheelchair bound patients comprises a rotatable stand which receives medical equipment, an arm assembly mounted on the stand comprising a main arm connected to the stand and an auxiliary arm operatively connected to ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7648241 | Corneal measurement apparatus and a method of using the same An apparatus for measuring a subject's cornea, comprising (A.) a slit projection subsystem comprising a light source, (B.) a mask subsystem disposed in a path of light from the light source, comprising a first slit mask defining a plurality of apertures, (C.) a move... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7628490 | Slit lamp microscope and ophthalmic laser treatment apparatus with the microscope A binocular slit lamp microscope for observing a patient's eye, comprises: an objective lens; binocular eyepieces; and a mechanism that includes a plurality of optical systems and is arranged to switch the optical systems to be selectively placed in a predetermined ... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7533991 | Ophthalmological appliance comprising an eye tracker The present invention is directed to an arrangement and a method for eye examination and/or for determining biometric eye data in which the movement of the eyes is compensated through the use of an eye tracker unit. The arrangement comprises a controllable digital i... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7445338 | Slit lamp table A new and improved slit lamp microscope table with a front recess of suitable size to accommodate the torso of the occupant of a wheel chair or an obese individual. With the table set at an appropriate elevation, the handicapped individual can move his or her wheel ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7444057 | Variable-wedge rotating-disk beam attenuator for ophthalmic endoilluminator A variable-wedge rotating-disk attenuator for use in an ophthalmic endoilluminator is disclosed. The attenuator includes a wedge attached to an axle. The size of the wedge can be adjusted over a variable angle as measured through an arc of the wedge. The axle to whi... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7441897 | Optical imaging apparatus An optical imaging apparatus, in particular an ophthalmoscope or microscope or transillumination microscope, comprising a light source arrangement (20) and an illumination beam path (3) which is predetermined at least by an illumination lens arrangemen... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7431459 | Slit lamp for ophthalmic use A slit lamp for illuminating an eye comprises several LEDs electrically coupled to an LED driver. A user input accepts input for a length, a width and an intensity of a shaped beam of light. An LED driver selectively drives a set of LEDs of an LED array to form a sh... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7431458 | Method and arrangement for performing measurements of the topography of a surface by means of a thermal emission from the surface Method and arrangement for performing measurements of the topography of a surface (20), such as topography of an eye surface (20), wherein projecting means (1, 12) for projecting an image onto said surface (20) comprises a projection ligh... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7422328 | Sterile hand held slit lamp cover and method A sterile barrier is provided for use with a slit lamp. The slit lamp has a proximal handle and a distal light slit transmitting window. The sterile barrier comprises a flexible tubular membrane having a first end, a second end, and an opening therebetween. The open... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7416304 | Ophthalmic observation apparatus An apparatus for observing an eye of an examinee, comprises: an irradiation optical system for irradiating and two-dimensionally scanning a laser beam onto an observational objective part of the eye; an observation optical system having a photo-receiving element, fo... | 08/26/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7410257 | Slit lamp microscope Disclosed is a slit lamp microscope capable of forming a slit superior in terms of parallelism. The slit lamp microscope includes casings (100L and 100R) to the bottoms surfaces of which slit blades (107L) and (107R) are fixed and which a... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7408705 | Microscope for operation A microscope for operation having an illuminating optical system with an illuminating field diaphragm, for directing an illuminating light toward an eye to be operated upon, an objective body tube with an objective positioned in the body tube to be opposite to the e... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7393103 | Operation microscope apparatus Provided is an operation microscope apparatus for easily and speedily obtaining a suitable separation state between illumination light and observation light in a case where a front lens is replaced by another one. An illumination optical system includes a slit plate... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7387384 | Ophthalmoscope An ophthalmoscope includes a housing (12) in which there are arranged an observing unit and a light source between which there are/is arranged a diaphragm and/or a filter device that can be set via a swivel lever device (16, 17) mounted outside on the ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7382529 | Illumination apparatus, in particular slit lamp An illumination apparatus, usable for example as a slit lamp, comprises a light-emitter (2) and an optical element (12) having a free-form surface (13), and optionally a slit aperture (9) and an imaging optic (10). The concept of t... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7370966 | Opthalmologic apparatus The ophthalmologic apparatus 1 splits low coherence light LO into a signal light LS and a reference light LR, the interference light LC being generated by having the signal light LS overlap with the reference light LR, and detects this interference light LC. ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7347553 | Ophthalmic image sensing apparatus A focusing unit (11) is constituted of a prism base (11a), deflection prisms (11b and 11c), and a slit chart (11e) having a slit opening (11d), and the deflection prisms (11b ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347552 | Device for examining the anterior and the posterior segments of the eyeball The invention is a device for examining the anterior and the posterior segments of the eyeball in a patient's eye, including a stereoscopic microscope system and an oscillating slit lamp disposed downstream of the stereoscopic microscope in the viewing direction in ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7344248 | Ophthalmoscope The invention relates to an ophthalmoscope for examining the fundus of an eye of a patient, which comprises at least one illuminating device producing at least one illuminating beam, in addition to an imaging lens system which can be associated with the illuminating... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7338164 | Systems and methods for eye aberration and image sensor orientation Systems and methods orient sensors of an optical system that measures aberrations of an eye. The aberration measurement system may include an optical aberration sensor and an eye image sensor. An asymmetric feature can be imposed in an optical beam path so as to int... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7338169 | Slit lamp for ophthalmic use A slit lamp for illuminating an eye comprises several LEDs electrically coupled to an LED driver. A user input accepts input for a length, a width and an intensity of a shaped beam of light. An LED driver selectively drives a set of LEDs of an LED array to form a sh... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331672 | Sterile hand held refractive surgery slit lamp illumination system A sterile hand held slit lamp for laser refractive surgery includes a charging base that charges a battery while a hand held slit lamp is positioned thereon. A sterile supple cover is positioned over a slit lamp handle while supported by the charging base. A sterile... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7325923 | Ophthalmic examination and treatment system An ophthalmic examination and treatment system including ophthalmic medical instruments, wireless imaging devices mounted on the ophthalmic medical instruments, and one or more display devices for displaying images captured with the imaging devices. Each imaging dev... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322699 | System and method for the non-contacting measurements of the eye Combined equipment for non-contacting determination of axial length (AL), anterior chamber depth (VKT) and corneal curvature (HHK) of the eye, are also important for the selection of the intraocular lens IOL to be implanted, particularly the selection of an intraocu... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7296896 | Ophthalmic measurement apparatus An ophthalmic measurement apparatus capable of obtaining refractive power containing a skew ray component, and further obtaining wavefront aberration from the refractive power with more ease and higher precision includes an optical system projecting slit light bundl... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7290881 | Opthalmologic apparatus There is provided an ophthalmologic apparatus that prevents ghost light from generating. In the ophthalmologic apparatus, on an optical path commonly used for an eye fundus illumination optical system and an image taking optical system including an image taking diap... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7284863 | Device and method for viewing ocular media An ophthalmic device for the examination and detection of opacities in the ocular media comprising a cylindrical housing, a reflecting means located in the housing adapted to reflect light through an illuminating through-hole in the housing, and a viewing port in th... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281799 | Corneal topography slit image alignment via analysis of half-slit image alignment A corneal topography slit image alignment system 10, includes a half-slit projector 14 for projecting half-slit images onto a patient's eye 16. Half-slit images 28 and 30 are aligned into a single slit image. A camera 18 cap... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283653 | Method and system for supporting the evaluation of a picture of an eye In a method and a system for supporting the evaluation of a picture of a patient's eye the picture is displayed on a screen. An image-processing algorithm from a number of image processing algorithms is selected due to a preliminary diagnosis selected from a number ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7275825 | Eye refractive power measurement apparatus An eye refractive power measurement apparatus capable of reducing an influence of scattered light and performing measurement with high accuracy. The apparatus has a measurement optical system including a system having a light source projecting spot-shaped measuremen... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7264355 | Ophthalmologic device and ophthalmologic measuring method Proposed are an ophthalmologic device and an ophthalmologic measuring method in which, by means of a light projector, a beam of rays, for example a light slit, is projected through a cross-sectional portion of an eye, in particular through a cross-sectional portion ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7252381 | Ophthamoscope An ophthalmoscope has illuminating optics (10) for projecting a beam of light into an eye under examination and imaging optics (14) for creating an image of said eye for viewing by a user. The imaging optics comprises an objective lens system (16 | 08/07/2007 |
