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Laser beam scanning type eye fundus camera

US4854691A · kind A · utility

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15Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 27, 1988
Grant dateAug 8, 1989
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Expiry dateMay 27, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B3/1233
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A laser beam scanning type eye fundus camera has a laser beam generator for generating a laser beam; an illuminating system for illuminating the fundus of an eye to be tested by scanning the laser beam generated by the laser beam generator on the eye fundus; a first and a second light receiving portions for receiving a reflecting light of the laser beam reflected by the eye fundus; a first light receiving system for guiding the reflecting light of the laser beam reflected by the eye fundus to the first light receiving portion; a second light receiving system for guiding a fluorescence excited at the eye fundus by the laser beam; and an electronic circuit for forming an eye fundus image on a monitor TV according to an output signal coming from the first and second light receiving portions.

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