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US 11,659,992 · App. 17/141,514 · Granted May 30, 2023

Ophthalmic apparatus

Inventors: Keiichiro Okamoto (Nagoya, JP); Takashi Kamo (Nagoya, JP); Tomoki Hori (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: Tomey Corporation
A61B3/117A61B3/102
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Patent No.
US 11,659,992
App. No.
17/141,514
Granted
May 30, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A ophthalmic apparatus may include: a first light source configured to output first light to be irradiated to an anterior segment of a subject eye; and a second light source configured to output second light to be irradiated to a retina of the subject eye. The apparatus may be configured capable of executing a first examination using the first light reflected from the anterior segment and a second examination using the second light reflected from the retina. A wavelength of the second light outputted from the second light source may be smaller than a wavelength of the first light outputted from the first light source.

Claims (27)

1. An ophthalmic apparatus comprising:

a light source configured to output light to be irradiated to a subject eye;

a light receiver configured to receive the light of the light source reflected from the subject eye; and

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured capable of executing, based on reflected light received by the light receiver:

an anterior segment tomographic image acquiring process of acquiring a two-dimensional tomographic image of an anterior segment of the subject eye;

a refraction measuring process of measuring refraction of the subject eye;

an eye axial length measuring process of measuring an eye axial length of the subject eye;

a retina tomographic image acquiring process of acquiring a two-dimensional tomographic image of a retina of the subject eye;

a light concentrating position adjuster configured to adjust a light concentrating position to the retina of the subject eye;

wherein the processor is configured to drive the light concentrating position adjuster based on the refraction of the subject eye measured by the refraction measuring process to adjust the light concentrating position toward the retina of the subject eye; and

the processor is configured to execute at least one of the anterior segment tomographic image acquiring process, the eye axial length measuring process, and the retina tomographic image acquiring process based on reflected light that is obtained by irradiating the light to the subject eye at the adjusted light concentrating position.

2. An ophthalmic apparatus comprising:

a light source configured to output light to be irradiated to a subject eye;

a light receiver configured to receive the light of the light source reflected from the subject eye; and

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured capable of executing, based on reflected light received by the light receiver:

an anterior segment tomographic image acquiring process of acquiring a two-dimensional tomographic image of an anterior segment of the subject eye;

a refraction measuring process of measuring refraction of the subject eye;

an eye axial length measuring process of measuring an eye axial length of the subject eye;

a retina tomographic image acquiring process of acquiring a two-dimensional tomographic image of a retina of the subject eye;

an irradiation position adjuster configured to adjust an irradiation position of the light outputted from the light source toward the subject eye,

wherein the processor is configured to drive the irradiation position adjuster based on the two-dimensional tomographic image of the anterior segment of the subject eye acquired by the anterior segment tomographic image acquiring process to adjust the irradiation position of the light outputted from the light source toward the subject eye, and

the processor is configured to execute at least one of the refraction measuring process, the eye axial length measuring process, and the retina tomographic image acquiring process based on reflected light that is obtained by irradiating the light to the subject eye at the adjusted irradiation position.

3. The ophthalmic apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the processor is configured to identify a position of a opaque portion in a crystalline lens based on the two-dimensional tomographic image of the anterior segment of the subject eye acquired by the anterior segment tomographic image acquiring process, and

the processor is configured to adjust the irradiation position of the light outputted from the light source toward the subject eye based on the identified position of the opaque portion in the crystalline lens.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 5, 2021
From: OKAMOTO, KEIICHIRO; KAMO, TAKASHI; HORI, TOMOKI
To: TOMEY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054812/0925 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-063682 · Mar 28, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 15935396 · Mar 26, 2018
Related Publication 20210121061A1 · Apr 29, 2021
Cited By (1)
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