IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,497,397
Granted Patent B2
US 11,497,397 · App. 16/289,679 · Granted Nov 15, 2022

Ophthalmologic apparatus

Inventors: Yoko Tatara (Kita-ku, JP); Michiko Nakanishi (Katsushika-ku, JP); Shunichi Morishima (Kawagoe, JP)
Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
A61B3/103A61B3/0025A61B3/102A61B3/107A61B3/1035A61B3/12A61B3/14
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Patent No.
US 11,497,397
App. No.
16/289,679
Granted
Nov 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An ophthalmologic apparatus includes an objective lens, a refractive power measurement optical system, an inspection optical system, and a corneal shape measurement optical system. The refractive power measurement optical system projects light onto a subject's eye via the objective lens and detects returning light from the subject's eye. The inspection optical system includes an optical scanner. The inspection optical system deflects light from a light source, projects the light deflected by the optical scanner onto the subject's eye via the objective lens, and detects returning light from the subject's eye. The corneal shape measurement optical system projects an arc-like or circumferential measurement pattern from an outer edge side of the objective lens onto the subject's eye and detects returning light from a cornea of the subject's eye. When a working distance is WD, a distance from a corneal apex of the subject's eye to a pupil of the subject's eye is d1, a distance from the pupil to a fundus of the subject's eye is d2, and a scan range by the optical scanner is SA square, a diameter of the objective lens is greater than or equal to ((WD+d1)×SA/d2).

Claims (19)

1. An ophthalmologic apparatus comprising:

an objective lens;

a refractive power measurement optical system configured to project light onto a subject's eye via the objective lens and to detect returning light from the subject's eye;

an inspection optical system that includes an optical scanner and is configured to deflect light from a light source, to project the light deflected by the optical scanner onto the subject's eye via the objective lens, and to detect returning light from the subject's eye; and

a corneal shape measurement optical system configured to project an arc-like or circumferential measurement pattern from an outer edge side of the objective lens onto the subject's eye and to detect returning light from a cornea of the subject's eye, wherein

when a working distance is WD, a distance from a corneal apex of the subject's eye to a pupil of the subject's eye is d1 a distance from the pupil to a fundus of the subject's eye is d2, and a scan range by the optical scanner is SA square, a diameter of the objective lens is greater than or equal to ((WD+d1)×SA/d2), wherein

the corneal shape measurement optical system comprises:

a keratometry light source; and

a keratometry plate that is disposed between the keratometry light source and the subject's eye and is formed a light transmitting part which penetrates light from the keratometry light source, wherein

the corneal shape measurement optical system is configured to project the measurement pattern onto the cornea of the subject's eye around an optical axis of the objective lens, and

when a distance between the corneal apex of the subject's eye and the keratometry plate is L, a height of an image based on the measurement pattern with respect to the optical axis of the objective lens is h, a corneal curvature radius of the subject's eye is R, and a radial width of the measurement pattern is Δt, the diameter of the objective lens is less than 2×((L+(R−√{square root over ((R 2 −h 2 ))}))×tan(2×sin −1 (h/R))+h−Δt/2).

2. The ophthalmologic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the scan range is a range of (2×√2) millimeters square or larger on the fundus of the subject's eye.

3. The ophthalmologic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the height of the image based on the measurement pattern is 1.5 millimeters.

4. The ophthalmologic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the inspection optical system includes an OCT optical system configured to split light from an OCT light source into reference light and measurement light, to deflect the measurement light using the optical scanner, to project the deflected measurement light onto the subject's eye, and to detect interference light between returning light of the measurement light from the subject's eye and the reference light.

5. The ophthalmologic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the inspection optical system includes an SLO optical system configured to deflect light from an SLO light source, to project the deflected light onto the subject's eye, and to receive returning light of the light.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2019
From: TATARA, YOKO; NAKANISHI, MICHIKO; MORISHIMA, SHUNICHI
To: TOPCON CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-059894 · Mar 27, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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