Patent · US Expired

Microscopy system and method

US7468835B2 · kind B2 · utility

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12References

6Claims

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Assignee

CARL ZEISS SURGICAL GMBH · DE

Inventors

Christian Luecke · Oberkochen, DE
Alfons Abele · Trochtelfingen, DE
Dirk Brunner · Hersbruck, DE
Frank Rudolph · Depew, US
Fritz Straehle · Heubach, DE
Joachim Steffen · Lauchheim, DE
Michael Wirth · Palo Alto, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 6, 2004
Grant date	Dec 23, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 16, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B21/0028
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A microscopy system method for inspecting a retina of an eye including generating an inverted intermediate image of the retina using an ophthalmoscopic lens; detecting a left image of the intermediate image from a left viewing direction and detecting a right image of the intermediate image from a right viewing direction; and displaying an inverted representation of the detected left image to a right eye of a user and displaying an inverted representation of the detected right image to a left eye of the user.

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