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Eye refractive power measuring apparatus having opacity discriminant function of crystalline lens
Assignee: Nidek Co Ltd
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Filing: 1992-01-28
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Granted: 1994-05-03
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Expires: 2012-01-28
Abstract
Abstract An eye refractive power measuring apparatus having an opacity discriminant function of a crystalline lens comprising a projecting optical system for projecting a target for eye refractive power measurement onto a fundus of an eye to be examined, a detecting optical system for detecting the target image reflected from the eye fundus, a device coupled to the detecting optical system for measuring refractive power of the eye in response to the detected target image, an irradiating optical system for irradiating the eye fundus with a retroillumination light, and an observing optical system for observing a crystalline lens of the eye illuminated by the retroillumination light reflected from the eye fundus to determine the opacity of the crystalline lens.
Inventors
- 👤 Toshiaki Mizuno
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 20:22
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B3/00; A61B3/10; A61B3/14; A61B3/145; A61B3/103
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
205 words
An eye refractive power measuring apparatus having a crystalline lens opacity discriminant function comprising: a projecting optical system for projecting a target onto a fundus of an eye under examination to measure the refractive power thereof; a detecting optical system for detecting an image of the target reflected from the eye fundus; means coupled to said detecting optical system for measuring the refractive power of the eye in response to said detected target image; an alignment observing optical system for observing the eye when measuring the refractive power thereof; an irradiating optical system for irradiating the eye fundus with a retroillumination light; and an observing optical system, for observing a crystalline lens of the eye illuminated by the retroillumination light reflected form the eye fundus to determine the opacity of the crystalline lens, including at least one magnification variable lens disposed on an optical path of said reflected retroillumination light; wherein said alignment observing optical system and said observing optical system for observing crystalline lens are included in an optical system, and the optical system displays selectively the image of the target reflected from the eye fundus for alignment observation and the image of the crystalline lens by selecting a magnification of the variable lens.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
205 words
An eye refractive power measuring apparatus having a crystalline lens opacity discriminant function comprising: a projecting optical system for projecting a target onto a fundus of an eye under examination to measure the refractive power thereof; a detecting optical system for detecting an image of the target reflected from the eye fundus; means coupled to said detecting optical system for measuring the refractive power of the eye in response to said detected target image; an alignment observing optical system for observing the eye when measuring the refractive power thereof; an irradiating optical system for irradiating the eye fundus with a retroillumination light; and an observing optical system, for observing a crystalline lens of the eye illuminated by the retroillumination light reflected form the eye fundus to determine the opacity of the crystalline lens, including at least one magnification variable lens disposed on an optical path of said reflected retroillumination light; wherein said alignment observing optical system and said observing optical system for observing crystalline lens are included in an optical system, and the optical system displays selectively the image of the target reflected from the eye fundus for alignment observation and the image of the crystalline lens by selecting a magnification of the variable lens.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
36 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the irradiating optical system for the irradiating the retroillumination light and the projecting optical system for projecting the target for the eye refractive power measurement include common optical elements.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
50 words
The apparatus according to claim 2, further including polarizing plates selectively insertable in the irradiating optical system for the retroillumination light and the observing optical system for observing the crystalline lens, and means for inserting said polarizing plates at the time of observing a retroillumination image of the crystalline lens.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
40 words
The apparatus according to claim 2, further including a concave lens selectively insertable in the irradiating optical system to irradiate the retroillumination light as substantially parallel light rays at the time of observing a retroillumination image of the crystalline lens.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, further including a polarizing plate disposed in the observing optical system for rejecting corneal reflections while observing the crystalline lens.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
27 words
The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the polarizing plate is removably disposed in the optical path of the observing optical system for observing the crystalline lens.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an alignment optical system included with the observing optical system for observing the crystalline lens.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
61 words
The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the alignment optical system comprises an alignment light source emitting an alignment light, a reticule light source, and alignment control means for positioning in a predetermined position a luminance point formed by a light beam from the alignment light source and a reticule image projected by a light beam from the reticule light source.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
29 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a concave lens is disposed in the irradiating optical system to irradiate the retroillumination light as parallel light rays into the eye.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
103 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the projecting optical system includes an infrared light source, said target being movable along an optical axis of the projecting optical system to a position conjugate with the fundus of the eye to be examined, and said detecting optical system including an optical path an a beam splitter to deflect the reflected target image, a movable lens disposed in said optical path of said detecting optical system and movable along an optical axis of said detecting optical system in synchronism with said target, and a light receiving device for detecting light deflected by the beam splitter.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
44 words
The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the means for measuring refractive power includes means for moving the target and said movable lens in synchronism, the eye refractive power measurement being indicated by an amount of movement of said target and said movable lens.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
30 words
The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the moving means also rotates the measurement light source and the light receiving device around an optical axis of the detecting optical system.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
28 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a fixation target projecting optical system for projecting a fixation target onto the fundus of the eye to be examined.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
43 words
The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the fixation target projecting optical system comprises an illumination lamp for emitting a light beam having a wave length in the visible region for projecting the fixation target and a turret disc mounting the fixation target.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
33 words
The apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising a correction optical means, for correcting an error of the eye under examination, disposed in an optical path of the fixation target projecting optical system.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
37 words
The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the correction optical means comprises a pair of cylindrical lenses selectively rotatable around an optical axis of the fixation target projecting optical system in a same direction or reverse directions.
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