Ophthalmic multiple wavelength laser illuminator with a graphical user interface
View Patent ↗An ophthalmic laser illuminator 10 includes multiple laser devices 12 - 16 . There are at least three different wavelengths of light emitted by the multiple laser devices 12 - 16 and each wavelength of light emitted by each laser device is outside of wavelengths blocked by a safety filter used for surgical treatment lasers 52 . A controller 18 controls the multiple laser devices 12 - 16 . A graphical user interface 32 is operably attached to the controller 18 for allowing a user to select a plurality of light parameters for a light beam exiting the illuminator 10.
1. An ophthalmic laser illuminator comprising:
multiple laser devices, wherein there are at least three different wavelengths of light emitted by the multiple laser devices and each wavelength of light emitted by each laser device is outside of wavelengths blocked by a safety filter used for surgical treatment lasers;
a controller for controlling the multiple laser devices;
a graphical user interface operably attached to the controller for allowing a user to select a plurality of light parameters for a light beam exiting the illuminator;
wherein the graphical user interface allows a color of the light beam exiting the illuminator to be set via multiple color-entry mechanisms including at least a use of a chromaticity graph, a slider bar for each different wavelength of light emitted by the laser devices, a plurality of color preset buttons, a numeric entry of a color coordinate of the color desired, and a numeric entry of a proportion of each wavelength comprising the light beam exiting the illuminator;
wherein the graphical user interface allows a luminous flux level of the light beam exiting the illuminator to be set via multiple flux-entry mechanisms including at least a master slider bar and a numeric entry of a luminous flux value; and
wherein, after the graphical user interface is used to set the color and luminous flux level of the light beam exiting the illuminator via one of the multiple color-entry mechanisms and one of the multiple flux-entry mechanisms, the graphical user interface automatically updates all of the multiple color-entry mechanisms and the multiple flux-entry mechanisms to reflect the set color and luminous flux level.
2. The illuminator of claim 1 wherein the at least three wavelengths of light emitted by the laser devices include a red light with a dominant wavelength of at least 620 nm, a blue light with a dominant wavelength of less than 480 nm, and a green light with a dominant wavelength between 552 and 557 nm.
3. The illuminator of claim 1 wherein the at least three wavelengths of light emitted by the laser devices include a red light with a dominant wavelength of at least 620 nm, a blue light with a dominant wavelength of less than 480 nm, and a cyan light with a dominant wavelength between 500 and 512 nm.
4. The illuminator of claim 1 wherein there are at least four different wavelengths of light emitted by the multiple laser devices and include a red light with a dominant wavelength of at least 620 nm, a blue light with a dominant wavelength of less than 480 nm, a cyan light with a dominant wavelength between 500 and 512 nm, and a green light with a dominant wavelength between 552 and 557 nm.
5. The illuminator of claim 1 wherein there are at least four different wavelengths of light emitted by the multiple laser devices and include a red light with a dominant wavelength of at least 620 nm, a blue light with a dominant wavelength of less than 480 nm, a cyan light with a dominant wavelength between 500 and 512 nm, and a green light with a dominant wavelength between 552 and 570 nm.
6. The illuminator of claim 1 wherein the at least three wavelengths of light emitted by the laser devices include a red light with a dominant wavelength of at least 620 nm, a blue light with a dominant wavelength of less than 480 nm, and a green light with a dominant wavelength between 552 and 570 nm.
7. The illuminator of claim 1 wherein the at least three wavelengths of light emitted by the multiple laser devices do not include light wavelengths between 512 nm and 552 nm.
8. The illuminator of claim 1 wherein the at least three wavelengths of light emitted by the multiple laser devices do not include light wavelengths between 557 nm and 597 nm.
9. The illuminator of claim 1 wherein there are at least four different wavelengths of light emitted by the multiple laser devices and at least three of the four different wavelengths of light are outside of the wavelengths blocked by the safety filter.
10. The illuminator of claim 1 wherein the graphical user interface includes a touch-screen display.
11. The illuminator of claim 1 further including a light mixer for combining each wavelength of light emitted by each laser device into the light beam exiting the illuminator.
12. The illuminator of claim 11 further including a homogenizer for minimizing perceived color rings in the light beam exiting the illuminator.
13. The illuminator of claim 1 wherein the multiple color-entry mechanisms further include a selection of one of a plurality of spectral reflectance curves stored in a memory of the controller.
14. The illuminator of claim 1 wherein the multiple color-entry mechanisms further include an entry of at least one spectral reflectance curve.
15. The illuminator of claim 1 wherein the graphical user interface further includes a display of a simulated color and intensity of the light beam exiting the illuminator.
16. The illuminator of claim 1 wherein the graphical user interface further includes a display of an output power as a function of the set color and luminous flux level.
17. The illuminator of claim 16 wherein the displayed output power is an aphakically-weighted power.
18. The illuminator of claim 1 further including a save button for saving the set color and luminous flux level for future use.
19. The illuminator of claim 1 wherein the graphical user interface further includes a display of a simulated target appearance based on data stored in a memory of the controller corresponding to the plurality of light parameters selected.
20. An ophthalmic laser illuminator comprising:
multiple laser devices, wherein there are at least three different wavelengths of light emitted by the multiple laser devices and each wavelength of light emitted by each laser device is outside of wavelengths blocked by a safety filter used for surgical treatment lasers;
a controller for controlling the multiple laser devices;
a graphical user interface operably attached to the controller for allowing a user to select a plurality of light parameters for a light beam exiting the illuminator; and
wherein the graphical user interface displays a simulated target appearance based on data stored in a memory of the controller corresponding to the plurality of light parameters selected.