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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6511180 | Determination of ocular refraction from wavefront aberration data and design of optimum customized correction Ocular refraction is determined from wavefront aberration data, and an optimum customized correction is designed. The eye's wave aberration is measured by using a detector such as a Shack-Hartmann detector. From the aberration, an image metric is calculat... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6490365 | Eye image pickup device An eye image pickup device includes an object lens; an image pickup element, such as a CCD serving as an image pickup unit; a light shielding portion; and a light guide unit. The light shielding portion shielding one part of the pickup light path is coaxi... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6474816 | Integrated retinal display A retinal display includes a single integrated circuit that incorporates a light source, conditioning optics, a scanner and the drive electronics. The drive electronics may include a processor-based system and further may include the electronics to enable... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6430431 | MRI system for measuring vision capabilities Functional NMR data is acquired from a subject using an EPI pulse sequence while a prescribed pattern of light is displayed that stimulates locations throughout the subject's field of view. Brain activity responsive to the light stimulation is measured an... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6419361 | Spectral bio-imaging of the eye A spectral bio-imaging method for enhancing pathologic, physiologic, metabolic and health related spectral signatures of an eye tissue, the method comprising the steps of (a) providing an optical device for eye inspection being optically connected to a sp... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6392797 | Viewing apparatus The invention is directed to a viewing arrangement (1) having a viewing optic (3) for viewing an object (5) along a viewing beam path. The viewing arrangement (1) also has an illuminating apparatus (9) for illuminating the object (5) along an illuminating... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6379006 | Stereo scanning laser ophthalmoscope The present invention provides an apparatus for producing an image of a surface, including a laser source for producing a beam of light, beam modifying means for modifying the properties of the beam, beam splitting means for splitting the beam, focusing m... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6371615 | Method and apparatus for determining fluorophores on objects, especially on the living ocular fundus A method and apparatus for determining fluorophores on objects, especially on the living ocular fundus, which makes it possible to reliably distinguish at least partially overlapping fluorophores of objects in excitation and/or fluorescence spectra even i... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6361170 | Aberration-free imaging of the fundus of the human eye A device and method for aberration-free imaging of the fundus of the human eye includes a light source, an active mirror for directing light from the light source to and from the fundus and imaging units for viewing the fundus. A sensor compares the wavef... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6357877 | Ophthalmic apparatus An opthalmic apparatus includes an illumination optical system for illuminating an eye of a patient, the illumination optical system including a plurality of LEDs which are illumination light sources for emitting beams of light of wavelengths in different... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6350031 | Electro-optic binocular indirect ophthalmoscope The present invention relates to a binocular indirect ophthalmoscope for observing and examining the fundus of the human eye. The ophthalmoscope of the invention integrates an electro-optic imaging system in the viewing optics of the ophthalmoscope. Advan... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6341865 | Laser scanning ophthalmoscope A laser scanning ophthalmoscope with at least a first scanner, wherein a scanning movement is generated at least in a first direction, wherein the illumination of the eye is effected alternately with different wavelengths during the scanning movement in t... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6337993 | Blood flow measuring apparatus A blood flow measuring apparatus includes a system control unit that sends outputs for controlling the start and end of the measurement to optimum gain calculation units, which calculate the optimum gains of photomultipliers for receiving the light reflec... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6334683 | Eye illumination system and method A system for illuminating an eye useful for tracking movement of an eye during vision correction treatments includes a generally arcuate main body having. The main body is constructed and arranged to be mounted in spaced relation to an eye to be tracked. ... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6333988 | Personal identification A personal identification apparatus for providing information characteristic of an eye includes a housing with an entrance window through which a user looks at a target object. An image capture device within the housing operates to provide an image signed... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6331059 | High resolution, multispectral, wide field of view retinal imager An ophthalmic instrument (for obtaining high resolution, wide field of area multi-spectral retinal images) including a fundus retinal imager, (which includes optics for illuminating and imaging the retina of the eye); apparatus for generating a reference ... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6325513 | Arrangement for projecting a two-dimensional image onto an eye to be examined for use with a device that performs a subjective determination of refraction and/or a device that performs other vision functions An arrangement for use with a device that determines subjective refraction and/or performs other visual functions, comprises at least one light source, at least one light modulator for modulating the light source to produce modulated light, a driving unit... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6327375 | Ophthalmologic phototaking apparatus The present invention relates to an ophthalmologic phototaking apparatus having an illuminating system for illuminating an eye to be examined, a phototaking system for phototaking the image of the eye to be examined illuminated by the illuminating system,... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324420 | Blood vessel tracking apparatus A blood vessel tracking apparatus includes a light source for emitting light and illuminating a blood-vessel with the light. The apparatus also includes a light-receiving sensor for receiving a blood vessel image made of light from the illumination light ... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6312128 | Focus light for ophthalmologic microscope A focus light is shown for use with an ophthalmologic microscope. A patient is directed to gaze at this focus light during surgery keeping his or her line of sight offset by about 18° from the illuminating light source, thus having the effect of directin... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6309068 | Eye examining apparatus This specification discloses an eye examining apparatus having a projection optical system for projecting a light beam onto an eye to be examined, an eye examining optical system for receiving the light of the projection optical system reflected by the ey... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6309069 | Personal identification An optical apparatus records light reflected from one or more of a user's facial features. While the image is captured, visible light from a display or other scene to be viewed by the user passes to the user's eye. A portable iris pattern capture device i... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6309070 | Integrated ophthalmic illumination method and system An integrated ophthalmic illumination method and system having two integrated light sources, a lamp and an infra-red (IR) diode laser. The lamp light source may be used to produce either monochromatic or color images, as necessary, at high resolution. In ... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6305804 | Non-invasive measurement of blood component using retinal imaging Illuminating light of selected wavelengths in the visible or infrared range is projected through the pupil of the eye onto the fundus, and the light reflected back and out through the pupil is detected and analyzed, preferably using the area of the optic ... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6299311 | Rapid, automatic measurement of the eye's wave aberration A wavefront aberration of an eye is determined, e.g., in real time. The eye is illuminated, and the light reflected from the retina is converted into spots with a device such as a Hartmann-Shack detector. The displacement of each spot from where it would ... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6293674 | Method and apparatus for diagnosing and monitoring eye disease Embodiments of the present invention provide method and apparatus for diagnosing and monitoring eye disease such as, for example, glaucoma. In particular, embodiments of the present invention analyze OCT scans of a retina to determine one or more of the f... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6273566 | Ophthalmologic characteristic measuring apparatus An object of the present invention is to provide an ophthalmologic characteristic measuring apparatus for precisely measuring optical characteristics of the eye to be examined and allowing the examiner to readily understand how an optotype is seen by the ... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6270221 | Apparatus and method for measuring vision defects of a human eye Optical characteristics of optical systems, such as the eye, are measured including vision defects of the eye using a collimated beam from a diode laser focused onto the anterior surface of the cornea of the eye for providing a finite source of secondary ... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6267477 | Three dimensional imaging apparatus and a method for use thereof Disclosed is a three dimensional imaging scanning apparatus for retinal thickness and structure non-invasive analysis. The apparatus includes an optical path having a light source, common focusing optic and beam deflector for both incident and reflected b... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6264329 | Ophthalmic instrument support and lighting system The present invention provides a uniquely position adjustable ophthalmic instrument support table for use in conjunction with an examining chair and a lighting system which allows the user to program the desired room lighting independently for each of sev... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6264328 | Wavefront sensor with off-axis illumination Wavefront aberrations in an eye are detected by illuminating the retina, receiving the light reflected by the retina and using a Hartmann-Shack detector or the like to detect the aberrations. The illuminating light is applied to the eye off of the optical... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6244712 | Optical scanning spectroscopic apparatus and associated method An improved optical scanning spectroscopic method and apparatus is provided that alternately scans the posterior portion of an eye with laser signals emitted by different ones of a plurality of lasers such that a data frame can be constructed that include... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6236877 | Apparatus for near simultaneous observation of directly scattered image field and multiply scattered image field An apparatus for separating an image of a target into a directly scattered component and a multiply scattered component by providing a stationary field stop having a first region and associated detector confocal to a point on the target. During a first in... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6217172 | Ophthalmologic measuring system An ophthalmologic measuring system, comprising a light source unit 4 for emitting an illuminating light beam for illuminating a fundus of each of both eyes of a person under measurement, a projection optical system 1 for projecting the illuminating light ... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6199985 | Pupilometer methods and apparatus Apparatus for detecting and measuring pupillary size and response to a light stimulus includes a an IR source and optical apparatus for directing an IR beam toward an individuals pupil, a measuring channel comprising optical and photo-optical detecting ap... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6199986 | Rapid, automatic measurement of the eye's wave aberration A wavefront aberration of an eye is determined, e.g., in real time. The eye is illuminated, and the light reflected from the retina is converted into spots with a device such as a Hartmann-Shack detector. The displacement of each spot from where it would ... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6196686 | Optic system for viewing and for photographing the inside of an eye An optic system for viewing the inside of the eye with a lens system. The lens system has a concave lens surface configured to be placed onto the cornea of an eye. The lens system has furthermore at least one further lens arranged in viewing direction in ... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6193373 | Eye illumination system and method A system for illuminating an eye useful for tracking movement of an eye during vision correction treatments includes a generally arcuate main body having. The main body is constructed and arranged to be mounted in spaced relation to an eye to be tracked. ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6193372 | Ophthalmologic apparatus An ophthalmologic apparatus which has namer for naming and designating an eye to be examined and the fundus portion of the eye to be examined, an examiner device for examining the fundus portion, a memory for storing therein a set state regarding the exam... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6183086 | Variable multiple color LED illumination system An ophthalmic illumination system is provided that emits a light that is controllably variable in color. Because the light originates from LEDs, less heat is generated from the emitted light as compared to conventional ophthalmic illumination systems usin... | 02/06/2001 |
