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Stereoscopic retinal camera with focus detection system

US5382988A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 23, 1993
Grant dateJan 17, 1995
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Expiry dateJul 23, 2013

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  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B3/132
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A stereoscopic retinal camera is provided with an illumination optical system for illuminating the fundus of an examinee's eye, an observing/photographing optical system for observing and photographing an image of the fundus of the eye in a stereoscopic picture, which includes a light beam splitting optical system for splitting the light beam of the illumination optical system reflected by the fundus into a right light beam and a left light beam and a pair of image forming optical systems for forming respective images of the fundus by the two light beams, an index projecting optical system for projecting a focusing index on the examinee's eye, an index detecting optical system for detecting the focusing condition of the focusing index projected on the fundus of the eye, a judging means for judging a focusing condition by processing signals provided by the index detecting optical system, wherein one of the index projecting optical system and the index detecting optical system comprises a pair of right and left optical systems, which are disposed on each light path branched from light paths of the image forming optical systems, and use a part of the light path of the image forming op…

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