Optical head
AssigneeTaracan PTY Ltd.
InventorsKeith Raymond Degenhardt, Victor Konrad Previn
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Abstract
A removable head for an ophthalmic slit lamp assembly that replaces the conventional slit lamp microscope with a laser and binocular microscope combination. The optic axis of the laser is aligned to the optic axis of the binocular microscope so the optical head can be removed and used with another slit lamp assembly. An adaptor provides adjustable connection between the optical head and a microscope support arm of the slit lamp assembly. The adaptor consists of a base member and a frame member. The frame member is rotated and translated relative to the base member to align the optic axis of the optical head to the slit lamp optic axis.
Claims11
A removable optical head for an ophthalmic slit lamp assembly, the optical head comprising:
- a laser head emitting laser radiation along a laser optic axis;
- a binocular microscope head coupled to the laser head;
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- an adaptor removably coupling the optical head to the ophthalmic slit lamp assembly;
- wherein the laser optic axis and a binocular optic axis of said binocular microscope head aligned;
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- wherein the adaptor includes adjustment means permitting adjustment of the optical head relative to the ophthalmic slit lamp assembly to align the laser optic axis and the binocular optic axis to an optic axis of a slit lamp of the slit lamp assembly.
In combination, a removable optical head, an ophthalmic slit lamp assembly, and an adaptor removably coupling the optical head to the opthalmic slit lamp assembly, said optical head comprising a laser head emitting laser radiation along a laser optic axis, a binocular microscope head coupled to the laser head, and a power supply providing power to the laser head, wherein the laser optic axis and a binocular optic axis of the binocular microscope head are aligned, and wherein the adaptor includes adjustment means permitting adjustment of the optical head relative to the ophthalmic slit lamp assembly to align the laser optic axis and the binocular optic axis to an optic axis of a slit lamp of the slit lamp assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.