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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8109632 | Vision modification with reflected image Various embodiments of methods and systems for improving and enhancing vision are disclosed. Adjustable lenses or optical systems may be used to provide adaptive vision modification. In some embodiments, vision modification may be responsive to the current state of ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8104892 | Vision modification with reflected image Various embodiments of methods and systems for improving and enhancing vision are disclosed. Adjustable lenses or optical systems may be used to provide adaptive vision modification. In some embodiments, vision modification may be responsive to the current state of ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8100530 | Optimizing vision correction procedures Example embodiments include a dynamic wavefront sensor, a controllable wavefront offsetting element and a controller that controls the controllable wavefront offsetting element to offset selected non-plane wave aberration components in order to allow remaining non-p... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8092020 | Method for diagnosing a disease state using ocular characteristics A method for diagnosing a disease state in a subject, including examining the subject's eyes in order to determine whether the subject exhibits one or more symptoms of the disease state. Symptoms of the disease state include altered ocular characteristics, such as p... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8092018 | Non-contact ultrasonic tonometer A non-contact ultrasonic tonometer for measuring intraocular pressure of an examinee's eye, in non-contact manner by use of an ultrasonic wave comprises: a probe including a vibrator for making the ultrasonic wave incident on the examinee's eye and a sensor for dete... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8092019 | Non-contact ultrasonic tonometer A non-contact ultrasonic tonometer for measuring intraocular pressure of an examinee's eye in non-contact manner by use of an ultrasonic wave comprises: a probe including a vibrator for making the ultrasonic wave incident on the eye and a sensor for detecting the ul... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8087779 | Phase modulation device for an ophthalmic instrument, ophthalmic instruments equipped with such device, and related calibration method A phase modulation device implemented in an ophthalmic instrument using a main light beam interacting with an eye, the device including: an apparatus for modulating the phase of the wave front of the main light beam, a controller for controlling the phase modulation... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8079707 | Eyeglass prescription method In general, in some embodiments, the disclosure provides a method that includes making a subjective refraction of a person to determine information about the person's vision, making a wavefront measurement of one or both of the person's eyes to determine information... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8079708 | Eye refractive power measurement apparatus An eye refractive power measurement apparatus measures both eye refractive powers in cases where a pupil is small and large in diameter with ease. This apparatus includes: a measuring optical system causing an imaging device to capture a ring-shaped image based on m... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8075136 | Apparatus and method of diagnosis of optically identifiable ophthalmic conditions An apparatus that can measure images of at least a portion of an eye and record data sets indicative of a neurological condition. A method interrelates an image and a data set to provide an interpretive result. The apparatus and method thereby provide guidance as to... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8057038 | Accommodation compensation systems and methods Methods and systems for obtaining an ocular aberration measurement of an eye of a patient are provided. Exemplary techniques involve obtaining a first induced metric for the eye that corresponds to a first accommodation state of the eye, obtaining a second induced m... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8057037 | Transformation methods of wavefront maps from one vertex distance to another The present invention provides methods, systems and software for scaling optical aberration measurements of optical systems. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method of reconstructing optical tissues of an eye. The method comprises transmitting an ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8038296 | Optical observation instrument and a method of controllably adjusting a refractive power in such instrument An optical observation instrument, in particular a spectacle, a reading aid or a telescope, comprises an optical element, in particular a spectacle lens, adapted to be controllably adjustable in its refractive power, a sensor, and a control unit for adjusting the re... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8033664 | Apparatus and method for determining sphere and cylinder components of subjective refraction using objective wavefront measurement An apparatus for determining spherical and cylinder components of subjective refraction of a patient's vision includes a wavefront measurement device that can produce a measure of quality of vision in a return beam from the patient's eye viewing a target through a c... | 10/11/2011 |
| 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 |
| 8029137 | Compound modulation transfer function for laser surgery and other optical applications Methods, devices, and systems establish an optical surface shape that mitigates or treats a vision condition in a patient. An optical surface shape for a particular patient can be determined using a set of patient parameters for the specific patient by using a compo... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8025400 | Pupilometer for pupil center drift and pupil size measurements at differing viewing distances The present invention generally provides improved devices, systems, and methods for measuring characteristics of at least one eye, and particularly for measuring the physiological changes in eyes under different viewing conditions. An exemplary embodiment provides a... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8025401 | Ophthalmological measuring device and measurement method An opthalmological measuring device for determining geometric structures in an eye includes an optical, triangulating measurement system for determining at least one geometric reference in the eye by triangulation, and an optical, interferometric measurement system ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8020994 | Custom phase plate A custom phase plate for a light beam of wavelength “λ” includes a sheet of plastic material having a base refractive index “no”. Formed onto a surface of the sheet is a plurality of contiguous spots having different refractive indices. Together,... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8016418 | Eye axial length measurement apparatus An eye axial length measurement apparatus includes a light source, a non-contact eye axial length measurement unit for optically measuring axial length of a patient's eye in non-contact manner, an XYZ driving unit, and a determination means which determines whether ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8002410 | User-proposed entry field(s) for customized data analysis/presentation One embodiment of the present invention is a method to not limit the device's manipulation of the data to that of the manufacturer, but to allow greater freedom for customization by the individual user for their preference. ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 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 |
| 7976161 | Method and system to assess objectively visual characteristics A method to assess objectively visual characteristics of one eye (10) of a patient (1) comprising the steps of: a) positioning the patient's (1) head in a reading position, b) determining the visual characteristics by using a device (3) a... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7967437 | Retinal scanning image display apparatus and image display system A retinal scanning image display apparatus includes a light source, a scanning unit that scans a light flux from the light source, a reflective surface that reflects the light flux from the scanning unit, and an ocular unit that guides the light flux from the reflec... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7963652 | Method and apparatus for calibration-free eye tracking A method and apparatus for eye gaze tracking in human or animal subjects without calibration of cameras, specific measurements of eye geometries, or tracking of a cursor image on a screen by the subject through a known trajectory. One embodiment provides a method fo... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7954945 | Reflectometry/interferometry system and method for corneal plane positioning A system for positioning an eye of a patient, for example, for laser ophthalmic surgery includes a reflectometer adapted to receive as input a reflected beam from an anterior surface of a cornea of an eye of a patient. The interferometer is calibratable to a desired... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7942526 | Diagnostic, prescriptive, and data-gathering system and method for macular pigment deficits and other eye disorders A macular health measurement and storage system comprises a plurality of macular-pigment measurement machine for measuring macular pigment density in humans, a plurality of computers each of which is associated with a corresponding one the macular-pigment measuring ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7934832 | Characterization of the retinal nerve fiber layer Disclosed are method and apparatus for characterizing the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL). An advantageous diagnostic parameter for characterizing the RNFL is a function of the product of the local RNFL thickness at a measurement locus×the distance of the measurem... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7926944 | Application of neuro-ocular wavefront data in vision correction The present disclosure provides systems and methods for diagnosing and treating subjects using neuro-ocular wavefront data. As such, in some embodiments, among others, neuro-ocular wavefront data is obtained, and one or more characteristics of a visual system are as... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7922329 | Slit-lamp photo assembly A slit-lamp assembly that has a pivoting arm that is removably connected to a vertical column associated with a frame. The pivoting arm supports a plate spindle assembly that supports a camera wherein the plate spindle assembly includes a bracket that secures a digi... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7922327 | Apparatus and method for illuminating and viewing the anterior segment of an eye of a patient A digital camera that combines the functions of the retinal camera and/or corneal camera into one, single, small, easy to use instrument includes features such as image and laser spot stabilization, an LED light source, stereo corneal imaging, polarizing reflection ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7922328 | Accommodation compensation systems and methods Methods and systems for obtaining an ocular aberration measurement of an eye of a patient are provided. Exemplary techniques involve obtaining a first induced metric for the eye that corresponds to a first accommodation state of the eye, obtaining a second induced m... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7909461 | Ophthalmic diagnostic instrument Diagnostic instruments, systems and methods for performing measurements on eyes are disclosed. In one embodiment of the instrument, a left ocular is disposed in a portion of a left visual path for the left eye, the left ocular positioned to permit the left eye to vi... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7901077 | Accommodation compensation systems and methods Methods and systems for obtaining an ocular aberration measurement of an eye of a patient are provided. Exemplary techniques involve obtaining a first induced metric for the eye that corresponds to a first accommodation state of the eye, obtaining a second induced m... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7901076 | Ocular wavefront-correction profiling Providing multi-focal visual correction includes determining a plurality of visual conditions to which an eye is to be exposed, determining effects of the visual conditions on a pupil of the eye, and determining a target wavefront profile on the basis of the effects... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7883209 | Apparatus for measuring a distance between eye components An apparatus for measuring a distance between eye components includes an interference optical system including a light source, a beam splitter splitting light into first and second light, a projection optical system projecting the first and/or second light onto the ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7878651 | Refractive prescription using optical coherence tomography An optical coherence tomography apparatus and method for measuring refractive power of the human cornea is disclosed. The apparatus collects both the specularly reflected light from the anterior surface of the cornea and diffusely reflected light from the interior o... | 02/01/2011 |
| 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 |
| 7862170 | Compound modulation transfer function for laser surgery and other optical applications Methods, devices, and systems establish an optical surface shape that mitigates or treats a vision condition in a patient. An optical surface shape for a particular patient can be determined using a set of patient parameters for the specific patient by using a compo... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7857449 | Eye portion diagnosis support apparatus, method therefor, program, and recording medium There is provided a technique for efficiently acquiring a tomogram of an eye portion. A diagnosis support apparatus includes a wide-area image acquisition means for acquiring a wide-area image of an eye portion, a detection means for detecting a lesion candidate on ... | 12/28/2010 |
