Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for measuring anterior eye portion

US5761543A · kind A · utility

10Cited by
3References
5Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJan 31, 1997
Grant dateJun 2, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 31, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B2213/025
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

There is disclosed an apparatus including an illuminating unit for illuminating an eyeball, a light-receiving unit for receiving light reflected by the eyeball to measure the state of an anterior eye portion, and a holding unit for holding the illuminating unit and the light-receiving unit. The apparatus can be easily assembled, and optical characteristics are properly determined to accurately detect the state of the anterior eye portion.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.