Slit lamp and accessory device thereof
US4711541A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 29, 1985 |
| Grant date | Dec 8, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 29, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B3/156
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A slit lamp comprising a slit light projection optical system having a slit aperture for projecting a slit pattern light along a slit plane to a crystalline lens of a patient's eye and a microscope for observing a section of the crystalline lens which is illuminated by the slit pattern light. The microscope comprises an crystalline lens section recording optical system including a recording device having an image plane for recording the section of the crystalline lens of the patient's eye illuminated by the slit pattern light, and a retroillumination image recording optical system for guiding a retroillumination image of the crystalline lens to the recording device of the crystalline lens section recording optical system for recording the section of the crystalline lens. The crystalline lens section recording optical system including an imaging optical system having a principal plane which intersects an extension of the image plane of the recording device in an extension plan including the slit aperture and the projection optical axis of the slit light projection optical.
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