Modular optical system for ophthalmic imaging and related methods thereof
AssigneePhoenix-Micron, Inc.
InventorsJonathan Roy Thorn, Jonathan Scott Carr
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Abstract
The present disclosure is related to an imaging camera including a filter wheel. The filter wheel includes a main body including a plurality of receptacles and a plurality of wedges. Each of the wedges is attached to one of the plurality of receptacles. Each of the wedges includes a receiving orifice to a filter. The main body of the filter wheel includes an adapter configured to receive an actuator to actuate the filter wheel. Each wedge is removably attached to one of the plurality of receptacles. The filter wheel is configured to rotate around a central axis of the main body.
Claims15
An imaging camera comprising:
- a filter wheel including a main body and a plurality of filter holders, each filter holder comprises a receiving orifice;
- a plurality of filters removably insertable into a respective receiving orifice of a filter holder;
- an actuator configured to rotate the filter wheel around a central axis of the main body;
- and
- a controller configured to automatically select and position a filter in an imaging pathway based on a user-selected imaging protocol.
A method for selecting a filter for imaging an eye, the method comprising:
- providing an eye imaging camera comprising:
- a filter wheel including a main body and a plurality of filter holders, each filter holder comprises a receiving orifice;
- a plurality of filters removably insertable into a respective receiving orifice of a filter holder;
- an actuator configured to rotate the filter wheel around a central axis of the main body;
- and
- a controller configured to automatically select and position a filter in an imaging pathway based on a user-selected imaging protocol;
- selecting a filter from the plurality of filters;
- rotating the filter wheel to provide the selected filter in the imaging pathway;
- and
- aligning the selected filter with a lens of the eye imaging camera.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.