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Ophthalmic photographing apparatus

US6729727B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 5, 2002
Grant dateMay 4, 2004
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Expiry dateNov 7, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B3/152
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An ophthalmic photographing apparatus capable of photographing a fundus and a slit-sectioned anterior segment of an eye in non-mydriatic conditions. The apparatus is provided with a light source unit including an infrared light source optical system for observation and a visible light source optical system for photographing, a hand-held photographing unit including a first illumination optical system with an illumination lens, and an observation/photographing optical system with an objective lens, and being separated from the light source unit, a slit light illumination unit including a second illumination optical system with a slit plate and an illumination lens, and being removably attached to the photographing unit, and a photoconductive tube connecting the light source unit to the photographing or illumination unit and transmitting infrared light for observation and visible light for photographing from the light source unit to the first or second illumination optical system.

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