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Ophthalmologic apparatus
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1985-11-25
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Granted: 1987-05-19
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Expires: 2005-11-25
Abstract
Abstract An ophthalmologic apparatus including an illuminating light source, an annular index, and an optical system for projecting the index from an infinite distance to a cornea of an eye to be examined, in which the index is formed integrally with the projecting optical system.
Inventors
- 👤 Yukitugu Nakamura
- 👤 Kyoji Sekiguchi
- 👤 Takashi Masuda
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 04:41
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B3/00; A61B3/10; A61B3/107
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
183 words
An ophthalmologic apparatus comprising: a continuous annular index; a continuous annular projecting lens having at least a continuous annular cylindrical surface having a refractive power in each meridian direction but lacking a refractive power in a direction perpendicular thereto, said index being integrally provided on a surface of said projecting lens which includes a focal point of said cylindrical surface, wherein said projecting lens projects said annular index onto the cornea of an eye to be examined by converting rays emitted from said index into parallel rays along a direction inclined relative to an axis of the eye to be examined and in a plane containing each meridian of the projecting lens, and wherein observation and accurate measurement of the cornea shape are effected despite misalignment between the axis of the eye to be examined and the central axis of said annular projecting lens; position detecting means; a telecentric optical system for projecting an image of said index reflected by the cornea or said position detecting means; and an observing optical system for observing the image of said index reflected by the cornea.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
183 words
An ophthalmologic apparatus comprising: a continuous annular index; a continuous annular projecting lens having at least a continuous annular cylindrical surface having a refractive power in each meridian direction but lacking a refractive power in a direction perpendicular thereto, said index being integrally provided on a surface of said projecting lens which includes a focal point of said cylindrical surface, wherein said projecting lens projects said annular index onto the cornea of an eye to be examined by converting rays emitted from said index into parallel rays along a direction inclined relative to an axis of the eye to be examined and in a plane containing each meridian of the projecting lens, and wherein observation and accurate measurement of the cornea shape are effected despite misalignment between the axis of the eye to be examined and the central axis of said annular projecting lens; position detecting means; a telecentric optical system for projecting an image of said index reflected by the cornea or said position detecting means; and an observing optical system for observing the image of said index reflected by the cornea.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
An ophthalmologic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said index is formed by vapor deposition or by painting on said projecting lens.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
An ophthalmologic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said projecting lens has plural continuous annular cylindrical surfaces arranged in coaxial manner about the central axis.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
36 words
An ophthalmologic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said projecting lens is composed, from the continuous annular cylindrical surface to the focal point in each meridian direction, of the same medium of the same refractive power.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
An ophthalmologic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a transparent protective plate provided on the side of said continuous annular cylindrical surface.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
29 words
An ophthalmologic apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said protective plate has a diaphragm function for intercepting the light from said projecting lens other than the effective light beam.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
An ophthalmologic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said index is perpendicular to each projecting optical axis of said continuous annular cylindrical surface in each meridian.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
An ophthalmologic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an illuminating light source of the annular type for illuminating said annular index.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
29 words
An ophtalmologic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an illuminating light source for illuminating said annular index and including a measuring light source and an observing light source.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
34 words
An ophthalmologic apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said measuring light source is lighted for a short period with a high intensity upon measurement, while said observing light source is continuously lighted upon observation.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
27 words
An ophthalmologic apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said measuring light source comprises an annular strobe device, and said observing light source comprises an annular fluorescent lamp.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
42 words
An ophthalmologic apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said measuring light source is positioned in the vicinity of said index, and said observing light source is so positioned as to illuminate said index through a tube wall of said measuring light source.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
32 words
An opthalmologic apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said illuminating light source is supported at a part of a tube wall thereof, outside of the effective light beam for illuminating the index.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
42 words
An ophthalmologic apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said illuminating light source is supported by a light transmitting mounting member in order to avoid eclipse of the light beam for projecting the index onto the cornea of the eye to be examined.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
20 words
An ophthalmologic apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said measuring light source and said observing light source are formed integrally.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
39 words
An ophthalmologic apparatus according to claim 15, wherein said index, said projecting means, said measuring light source and said observing light source are fixed while being guided by the outer periphery of a casing of said telecentric optical system.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
31 words
An ophthalmologic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an illuminating light source for illuminating said index and means for adjusting the distance between said illuminating light source and said index.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
38 words
An ophthalmologic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an illuminating light source of the annular type for illuminating said index, the eccentricity of said illuminating light source being adjustable by displacing said source in the meridian direction.
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