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Binocular multiplexing method and device

US9259147B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 14, 2012
Grant dateFeb 16, 2016
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Expiry dateMar 5, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B27/141
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A binocular multiplexing device for a single-channel ophthalmological instrument for objective measurement of at least one vision parameter of a subject, the ophthalmological instrument including elements for generating a single light beam, elements for collecting a measurement beam by reflecting and/or refracting the light beam against the subject's eye and a sensor associated with the single measurement channel. The binocular multiplexing device includes optical separation first elements for receiving an image beam originating from a stimulus target and separating the image beam into a right and left ocular stimulation beam; optical switching elements for switching the single light beam selectively onto a right or left monocular light beam's optical path to form, after reflection and/or refraction by the eye in question, a right, respectively left, ocular measurement beam, and optical combination elements for superimposing the right, respectively left, ocular stimulation beam, and the right, respectively left, monocular light beam.

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