Device for reliably determining biometric measurement variables of the whole eye

US11950846B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Carl Zeiss Meditec AG · DE

Inventors

• Ralf Ebersbach · Schmölln, DE
• Martin Hacker · Jena, DE
• Gerard Antkowiak · Jena, DE
• Peter Klopfleisch · Jena, DE
• Ferid Bajramovic · Jena, DE
• Tobias Bühren · Magdala, DE
• Matthias Reich · Jena, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 29, 2022
• Grant date: Apr 9, 2024
• Expiry date: Jun 29, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B3/1173
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A device for determining biometric variables of the eye, as are incorporated in the calculation of intraocular lenses including a multi-point keratometer and an OCT arrangement. The keratometer measurement points are illuminated telecentrically and detected telecentrically and the OCT arrangement is designed as a laterally scanning swept-source system with a detection region detecting the whole eye over the whole axial length thereof. Illumination points are arranged in three rings concentrically around an instrument axis; and the three rings include a first ring, a second ring and a third ring and the illumination points on the first ring and the third ring are rotated in relation to the illumination points on the second ring such that each of the illumination points on the first ring is on a common radial with one of the illumination points on the third ring and each of the illumination points on the second ring is not on the common radial.