Systems for analyzing the eye
AssigneeLightfield Medical Inc.
InventorsJohn S. Berestka, Jan Bonel, Charilaos Gkinis, Dimitrios Christaras, Alexandros Pennos, Spyridon Tsoukalas, Matthew Berestka
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Abstract
Medical devices and methods of use are disclosed to exam an eye of a patient. A medical device may include a digital projector as part of an illumination system. A medical device may include one or more cameras as part of an observation system to capture reflected light from the eye. The observation system may include one or more adjustable optical systems. The digital projector may produce a slit of light to be projected onto the eye. The slit of light and the observation system may be focused at a plurality of focal depths within the eye.
Claims16
A medical device for imaging at least a portion of an eye of a patient, the medical device comprising:
- a patient support adapted to position the eye of the patient;
- a movable base moveable relative to the patient support;
- an illumination system including at least one source producing light to illuminate the eye and an illumination system support arm supporting the at least one source, the illumination system support arm being supported by the moveable base and rotatable relative to the moveable base, the at least one source producing one of a ring of light and a partial ring of light;
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- an observation system including a first camera configured to receive imaging rays produced by reflection of light from the eye of the patient, and an observation system support arm supporting the first camera, the observation system support arm being supported by the moveable base and rotatable relative to the moveable base and rotatable relative to the illumination system support arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.