Adaptive optics systems and methods for vitreoretinal surgery
AssigneeAlcon Inc.
InventorSteven T. Charles
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides an adaptive optics system including at least one active pixel sensor array that detects light and sends a signal to a processor. The adaptive optics system also includes a wavefront correction system including at least one wavefront control structure and the processor, and that executes instructions on the processor to produce a digital image in which at least one wavefront distortion in the light detected by the active pixel sensor array is partially or fully corrected. The disclosure also provides methods of using the adaptive optics system.
Claims18
An adaptive optics system comprising:
- a time sequential color system comprising a red light source, a green light source, and a blue light source operable to emit a sequence of red, green, and blue light spaced over a period of time;
- at least one active pixel sensor array operable to detect light and send a signal to a processor, wherein the at least one active pixel sensor array is operable to detect each of the red, green, and blue light, and send a signal to the processor;
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- a wavefront correction system comprising at least one wavefront control structure and the processor and operable to:
- execute instructions on the processor to produce a digital image in which at least one wavefront distortion in the light detected by the active pixel sensor array is partially or fully corrected.
A method of correcting a wavefront distortion to improve a digital image, the method comprising:
- using an image reference system to determine a wavefront distortion of a reflected wavefront of light reflected off the interior of the eye;
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- using a wavefront correction system to correct the wavefront distortion of the reflected wavefront of light reflected off the interior of the eye.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.