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Large diopter range real time sequential wavefront sensor

US8356900B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 4, 2011
Grant dateJan 22, 2013
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Expiry dateAug 4, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01J2003/064
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Example embodiments of a large dynamic range sequential wavefront sensor for vision correction or assessment procedures are disclosed. An example embodiment optically relays a wavefront from an eye pupil or corneal plane to a wavefront sampling plane in such a manner that somewhere in the relaying process, the wavefront beam from the eye within a large eye diopter range is made to reside within a desired physical dimension over a certain axial distance range in a wavefront image space and/or a Fourier transform space. As a result, a wavefront beam shifting device can be disposed there to fully intercept and hence shift the whole beam to transversely shift the relayed wavefront.

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