Vision regeneration assisting apparatus
US7308315B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 14, 2002 |
| Grant date | Dec 11, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 19, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F9/08
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
It is an object of the invention to provide a vision regeneration assisting apparatus capable of assisting in vision regeneration without making a system structure complicated.In the invention, a vision regeneration assisting apparatus for regenerating a vision of a patient going blind by a disease of a retina includes a photosensor embedded in the retina of an eye of the patient and converting an optical signal into an electric signal, photographing means for photographing an object to be recognized by the patient, image processing means for carrying out an image processing to extract a feature with respect to an image of the object obtained by the photographing means, pulse light forming means for forming a luminous flux into a pulse light to induce a vision, and irradiating means provided before the eye of the patient and applying the pulse light toward the photosensor so as to be formed as an image processed by the image processing means.
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