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Eye disease inspecting instrument

US4711540A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 3, 1985
Grant dateDec 8, 1987
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Expiry dateJan 3, 2005

Classification

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

Abstract

An eye disease inspection instrument comprising a slit light projection optical system for projecting a slit light along a projecting optical axis to a patient's eye, a first optical system for observing a crystalline lens of the patient's eye at a section which is being illuminated by the slit light, a second optical system including an objective lens having an objective optical axis substantially coaxial with respect to the projecting optical axis for performing an observation under a retroillumination method.

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