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Ophthalmologic apparatus for imaging an eye by optical coherence tomography

US8025403B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

MIMO AG · CH

Inventors

Peter Maloca · Luzern, CH
Karim Haroud · Yverdon-les-Bains, CH
Urban Schnell · Münchenbuchsee, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 18, 2008
Grant date	Sep 27, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 18, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B3/102
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An OCT appliance (optical coherence tomography appliance) comprises an OCT module and a camera for observing the fundus of an eye. By recognizing characteristic features (biometric features), the means defining the region observed by the OCT module, in particular the scanner of the OCT module, is adjusted so that a predefined region of interest is imaged by the OCT module. In preferred embodiments, the apparatus is apt to be operated by a patient himself, and the data are transferred to a clinical server so that a more frequent, hence closer observation of the eyes of the patient is possible.

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