# US 10,369,051 B2 · Reflex coaxial illuminator

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- Number: US 10,369,051 B2
- Document ID: US10369051B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/403,155
- Filed: 2013-05-23
- Published: 2015-05-28
- Granted: 2019-08-06
- Earliest claimed: 2012-05-30
- Assignees: Ellex R&D Pty Ltd
- Applicants: Ellex R&D Pty Ltd
- Inventors: Malcolm Plunkett; Wei Xia
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10369051B2

## CPC

- A61F 9/008: using laser
- F21V 14/04: by movement of reflectors {(in vehicle head lamps F21S41/675)}
- G02B 7/1827: {Motorised alignment}
- G02B 26/0816: {by means of one or more reflecting elements}
- G02B 27/14: operating by reflection only
- A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C)
- F21V: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS

## Abstract

A mirror for an ophthalmic laser treatment device that is movable on an axis from a position in a treatment laser beam path to a position out of the treatment laser beam path. The mirror reflects light from a light source into the eye of a patient. The mirror is biased towards a position in the path and is moved out of the path by an actuator just long enough for the laser treatment to be applied and without noticeable interruption to viewing by a user.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A reflex coaxial illuminator of an ophthalmic laser device comprising a reflex mirror rotatable about an axis to move from a position in a treatment laser beam path to a position out of the treatment laser beam path, the reflex mirror being sized and shaped so as to permit binocular viewing of an eye of a patient unobstructed by the reflex mirror along a binocular viewing path coaxial with the treatment laser beam path when the reflex mirror is in the position in the treatment laser beam path,
wherein the treatment laser beam path is between a laser device and the eye of the patient and the binocular viewing path is between a binocular microscope and the eye of the patient,
wherein in response to the reflex mirror being in the position in the treatment laser beam path, the reflex mirror directs illumination from an illumination device into an illumination path between the reflex mirror and the eye, coaxial with the treatment laser beam path and the viewing path thereby permitting binocular viewing of the eye of the patient unobstructed by the reflex mirror, and in response to the reflex mirror being in the position out of the treatment laser beam path, a laser beam from the laser device can pass unobstructed by the reflex mirror through the treatment laser beam path to the eye of the patient.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The reflex coaxial illuminator of claim 1 wherein the reflex mirror is biased to maintain the position in the treatment laser beam path but is movable to the position out of the treatment laser beam path by an actuator.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The reflex coaxial illuminator of claim 2 wherein the reflex mirror is biased by a spring.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The reflex coaxial illuminator of claim 2 wherein the actuator is a motor or a solenoid or a piezoelectric device.

### Claim 5

A reflex coaxial illuminator of an ophthalmic laser device comprising a non-transmissive reflex mirror rotatable about an axis to move from a position in a treatment laser beam path to a position out of the treatment laser beam path, the reflex mirror being sized and shaped so as to permit binocular viewing of an eye of a patient unobstructed by the reflex mirror along a binocular viewing path coaxial with the treatment laser beam path when the reflex mirror is in the position in the treatment laser beam path,
wherein the treatment laser beam path is between a laser device and the eye of the patient and the binocular viewing path is between a binocular microscope and the eye of the patient,
wherein in response to the reflex mirror being in the position in the treatment laser beam path, the reflex mirror directs illumination from an illumination device into an illumination path between the reflex mirror and the eye, coaxial with the treatment laser beam path and the viewing path thereby permitting binocular viewing of the eye of the patient unobstructed by the reflex mirror, and in response to the reflex mirror being in the position out of the treatment laser beam path, a laser beam from the laser device can pass unobstructed by the reflex mirror through the treatment laser beam path to the eye of the patient.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The reflex coaxial illuminator of claim 5 wherein the reflex mirror is biased to maintain the position in the treatment laser beam path but is movable to the position out of the treatment laser beam path by an actuator.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The reflex coaxial illuminator of claim 6 wherein the reflex mirror is biased by a spring.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

The reflex coaxial illuminator of claim 6 wherein the actuator is a motor or a solenoid or a piezoelectric device.