IP Library Granted Patent US 10,335,029
Granted Patent B2
US 10,335,029 · App. 15/971,693 · Granted Jul 2, 2019

Opthalmoscope device

Inventors: Ynjiun Paul Wang (Cupertino, CA); Ervin Goldfain (Syracuse, NY); Eric G. Petersen (Aloha, OR)
Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 10,335,029
App. No.
15/971,693
Granted
Jul 2, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An example eye fundus imaging apparatus can include: a display device; an image capture device configured to capture at least one image of a fundus of an eye; and a control module programmed to: display a target, the target indicating a desired position for the image capture device to capture the at least one image of the fundus of the eye; monitor a relative position of the eye with respect to the target; and when the relative position of the eye corresponds to the target, automatically capture the at least one image of the fundus of the eye.

Claims (13)

1. An eye fundus imaging apparatus, comprising:

a display device;

an image capture device configured to capture at least one image of a fundus of an eye; and

a control module that:

displays a target, the target indicating a desired position for the image capture device to capture the at least one image of the fundus of the eye;

monitors a relative position of the eye with respect to the target; and

when the relative position of the eye corresponds to the target, automatically captures the at least one image of the fundus of the eye.

2. The eye fundus imaging apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the eye fundus imaging apparatus is a handheld apparatus.

3. The eye fundus imaging apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the control module further automatically captures the at least one image of the fundus of the eye when the eye is aligned with the target.

4. The eye fundus imaging apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the control module further automatically captures the at least one image of the fundus of the eye when a pupil of the eye is aligned with the target.

5. The eye fundus imaging apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the control module further displays the target for a pupil of the eye.

6. The eye fundus imaging apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the target is a cursor.

7. The eye fundus imaging apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the eye fundus imaging apparatus is a wearable apparatus.

Assignments (3)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST AT REEL/FRAME 050260/0644 Recorded Dec 14, 2021
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: BREATHE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC.; ALLEN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.; WELCH ALLYN, INC.; HILL-ROM, INC.; VOALTE, INC.; BARDY DIAGNOSTICS, INC.; HILL-ROM HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 058517/0001 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Sep 4, 2019
From: HILL-ROM HOLDINGS, INC.; HILL-ROM, INC.; HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC.; ALLEN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.; ANODYNE MEDICAL DEVICE, INC.; VOALTE, INC.; WELCH ALLYN, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 050260/0644 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 4, 2018
From: WANG, YNJIUN PAUL; GOLDFAIN, ERVIN; PETERSEN, ERIC G.
To: WELCH ALLYN, INC.
Reel/Frame 045721/0625 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 15662363 · Jul 28, 2017
Continuation 14960495 · Dec 7, 2015
Continuation 14177594 · Feb 11, 2014
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