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Specular microscope

US4597650A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 13, 1983
Grant dateJul 1, 1986
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Expiry dateMay 13, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B3/135
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A specular microscope in which the image of a slit aperture of an illumination optical system is formed at an endothelial cell layer of an eye to be examined and including a light intercepting plate having a main aperture and additional apertures adjacent said main aperture so that an image of the endothelial cell layer is formed at said main aperture and a reflection light reflected by a corneal surface of the eye is transmitted through said additional apertures of said light intercepting plate.

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