438results about "Gonioscopes" patented technology

A gonioscopic attachment can attach to a gonioscope and can include atraumatic retention elements that are configured to engage an eye to retain the gonioscope relative to the eye. The gonioscopic attachment can be configured to position the gonioscope so that at least a portion of the concave distal surface of the gonioscopic optical element is spaced apart from the eye, and / or so that the curvature of the distal surface is angularly offset from the curvature of the eye. The gonioscope can include a fixation point configured to be visible to the subject when the gonioscope is positioned on the eye. In some embodiments, the retention elements can be incorporated directly into the gonioscope. A coupling mechanism can couple the gonioscope to a lid speculum. The gonioscope can include a light pipe, which can be configured to directly light into the eye.

The present invention relates to a portable device (100) for ocular diagnostic and disease detection in non-invasive manner, the device (100) comprises an image capturing module (10) positioned at a first end of the device (100), the image capturing module (10) captures high resolution images of patient's eye, an illumination module (20) configured to encompass the image capturing module (10), the illumination module (20) provides uniform illumination on the patient's eye, at least one auxiliary part removably coupled with the illumination module (20) by a plurality of mounting provisions (23) provisioned on the illumination module (20).

The invention relates to a full-automatic slit lamp and an intelligent diagnosis method thereof, and aims to improve the ophthalmic examination efficiency and accuracy. The slit lamp is composed of a slit lamp device, an automatic adjusting device and a man-machine interaction device. The automatic adjusting device comprises a calculation module and an adjusting module, and the adjusting module accurately drives the slit lamp device through gear transmission and automatically adjusts operation parameters according to a preset mode. The display module of the man-machine interaction device can display the working mode, the eye image data and the interaction information, and the prompt module guides the examinee to cooperate with the examination. The camera element of the slit lamp device converts the light into image data, and the communication device transmits the data to the cloud. And during fault diagnosis, the calculation element monitors image data in real time, marks abnormities through a visual algorithm, and enters a diagnosis mode. After different modes are operated for multiple times, the calculation unit analyzes imaging result abnormity, accurately locates and displays fault components, realizes automatic fault diagnosis, and reduces maintenance cost.

The invention discloses a lens / intraocular lens activity range obtaining method, device and system, and the method comprises the steps: obtaining an eyeball photo time sequence of an eyeball in an activity process in a first preset time length, and the eyeball photo time sequence comprises eyeball photos and the collection time of the eyeball photos; identifying eye tissues and crystalline lenses / artificial lenses for positioning on each eyeball picture; acquiring an optically corrected positioning eye tissue and lens / artificial lens image on the eyeball picture; a reference object is obtained based on the positioning eye tissue on the image, and the relative distance between the crystalline lens / artificial lens on the image and the reference object is obtained; based on the relative distance and the collection time corresponding to the relative distance, the activity of the crystalline lens / artificial lens is obtained, and the technical problems that in the prior art, an activity measuring method of the crystalline lens / artificial lens cannot be objectively quantified and cannot unify the standard are solved.

In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, an optical coherence tomography-based ophthalmic testing center system includes an optical coherence tomography instrument comprising an eyepiece for receiving at least one eye of a user or subject; a light source that outputs light that is directed through the eyepiece into the user's or subject's eye, an interferometer configured to produce optical interference using light reflected from the user's / subject's eye, an optical detector disposed so as to detect said optical interference; and a processing unit coupled to the detector. The ophthalmic testing center system can be configured to perform a multitude of self-administered functional and / or structural ophthalmic tests and output the test data.

An OCT instrument comprising: an optical coupler which generates signal light and reference light from a swept narrowband light source; a detector which samples a time-varying interference signal based on the reference light and signal light returned from a sample; an adjustable optical frequency shifter which: generates a first sideband light by adjusting an optical frequency of the reference light, such that the detector unit samples a first time-varying interference signal resulting from an interference between the sideband light and the returned signal light; and maintains the optical frequency of the reference light such that the detector unit samples a second time-varying interference signal resulting from an interference between the reference light and the returned signal light. The OCT instrument generates a respective axial depth profile of the sample based on each of the sampled first time-varying interference signal and the sampled second time-varying interference signal.

An ocular fundus image processing device acquires a first image generated by irradiating an ocular fundus of a subject with excitation light of a blue wavelength and a second image generated by irradiating the ocular fundus with excitation light of a green wavelength, generates three trained models for predicting a correction factor for calculating a quantity of macular pigment of the subject from input images including the first image and the second image through training using three different initial values, predicts three correction factors by inputting the input images including the first image and the second image to the three trained models, calculates a statistical value of the three correction factors and derives the statistical value as the correction factor of the subject, and calculates a quantity of macular pigment of the subject on the basis of the first image and the correction factor of the subject.

A tool comprising a handpiece having a flattened cannulated tip that is adapted to receive flow from a pumping unit, in order to generate a jet of fluid suitable for procedures such “hydro-dissecting” cells in the eye. According to an embodiment of the invention, the tool comprises a visualization probe with at least one camera, wherein the sensor of the at least one camera is distally located at the tip of the tool to be inserted in to the eye for imaging from within the eye.

In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, an optical coherence tomography-based ophthalmic testing center system includes an optical coherence tomography instrument comprising an eyepiece for receiving at least one eye of a user or subject; a light source that outputs light that is directed through the eyepiece into the user's or subject's eye, an interferometer configured to produce optical interference using light reflected from the user's / subject's eye, an optical detector disposed so as to detect said optical interference; and a processing unit coupled to the detector. The ophthalmic testing center system can be configured to perform a multitude of self-administered functional and / or structural ophthalmic tests and output the test data.

The invention discloses a dioptric scleroderma cataract dynamic intraocular pressure stable control ultrasonic emulsification system adaptive to a dual-channel operation, which comprises a host control unit, an ultrasonic emulsification handle, a perfusion and suction system, an intraocular pressure monitoring unit, a pressure balance module and a scleroderma fragmentation module, through cooperation of the intraocular pressure control module and the two-way operation type adaptive control module, a high-precision filling valve and a closed-loop suction pump are synchronously adjusted in real time according to anterior chamber built-in and external monitoring fusion data, and intraoperative intraocular pressure fluctuation is controlled within + / -2 mmHg; through pulse modulation and a self-adaptive negative pressure curve of the hardcore fragmentation enhancement module, the stability of the anterior chamber is ensured while the hardcore fragmentation efficiency is improved; fluid dynamics and energy parameters can be automatically optimized according to conventional incisions or micro incisions; according to the system, the anterior chamber stability problem in the high-difficulty cataract surgery is solved.

Systems and methods for intraocular lens (IOL) selection using emmetropia zone prediction include determining pre-operative measurements of an eye, estimating a post-operative anterior chamber depth (ACD) of an intraocular lens based on the pre-operative measurements, estimating a post-operative manifest refraction in spherical equivalent (MRSE) of the eye with the IOL implanted based on the pre-operative measurements and the estimated post-operative ACD, determining whether the eye with the IOL implanted is likely to be in an emmetropia zone based on the estimated post-operative MRSE, re-estimating the post-operative MRSE of the eye with the IOL implanted using an emmetropia zone prediction model or a non-emmetropia zone prediction model based on the emmetropia zone determining, and providing the re-estimated post-operative MRSE to a user to aid in selection of an IOL for implantation in the eye.

Low-cost, portable in-vivo confocal ophthalmoscopes (PICOs) and associated methods are described that are capable of producing microscopic images of the anterior segment of the eye and the external eye structures enabling visualization of cellular and some sub-cellular structures. Some of the features of the described ophthalmoscopes include the use of a non-contact objective lens in conjunction with a grating-based, scan-less confocal microscopy approach, integration of the capability of imaging the external eye and anterior segment en face, integration of a display as part of the microscope, increased signal level and imaging speed, reduction of detected specular reflection, and attachment methods onto a slit lamp biomicroscope or for hand-held use.

Medical devices and methods of use are disclosed to exam an eye of a patient. A medical device may include a digital projector as part of an illumination system. A medical device may include one or more cameras as part of an observation system to capture reflected light from the eye. The observation system may include one or more adjustable optical systems. The digital projector may produce a slit of light to be projected onto the eye. The slit of light and the observation system may be focused at a plurality of focal depths within the eye.

An estimation system, method and program for estimating the age of an eye to be examined. The estimation system includes an acquisition module configured to acquire a measurement value of an attribute of an eye to be examined, the attribute being at least one of a plurality of characteristics of an anterior segment and a plurality of dimension values of the eye to be examined; and a determination module configured to determine an estimated age of the eye to be examined on the basis of the measurement value and correspondence information indicating a correspondence between a value of the attribute and an age of an eyeball.

A system for treating a media opacity in a vitreous media of an eye includes a visualization module adapted to provide visualization data of a portion of the eye via one or more viewing beams. The system includes a laser module adapted to selectively generate a treatment beam directed towards the media opacity in order to disrupt the media opacity. The laser module and the visualization module have a shared aperture for guiding the treatment beam and the one or more viewing beams towards the eye, the shared aperture being centered about a central axis. A controller is configured to acquire one or more defining parameters of the media opacity and determine when the media opacity is with a predefined target zone of a real-time viewing window. The media opacity is treated with the treatment beam when the media opacity is within the predefined target zone.

The invention discloses a continuous optical zoom slit-lamp microscope system and an inspection method and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of ophthalmology medical equipment. The system is composed of a continuous zooming module, a light source module, a data processing module, a 3D imaging module and an AI identification module. The inspection method comprises the steps of equipment initialization and head position fixation of an inspected person, AI low-magnification (5 *) preliminary screening, adaptive lens high-magnification (40 *) fine observation, dynamic light source adjustment, three-dimensional data acquisition and cloud intelligent diagnosis. The method is applied to examination and intelligent diagnosis of eye diseases such as cataract. The problems that a traditional slit-lamp microscope is discontinuous in zooming, inconvenient to operate, lack of intelligent diagnosis and free of 3D stereoscopic display are solved, and the objective of the invention is to realize simple and convenient equipment operation, continuous examination process, intelligent diagnosis and stereoscopic display, facilitate collective teaching, significantly improve the diagnosis efficiency and accuracy of eye diseases such as cataract and the like, and improve the diagnosis efficiency and accuracy of eye diseases such as cataract and the like. And DICOM standard data cloud sharing and remote consultation are supported.

A tomographic imaging system, methods to visualize tomographic images, and a ‎stereoscopic calibration procedure for obtaining two-dimensional cross-sectional ‎and three-dimensional volumetric images over the entire anterior eye. The optical ‎system combines stereoscopic imaging with patterned illumination (e.g., slit-‎scanning or array of slits). The captured cross-sectional images can be viewed ‎individually or as a fly-through video. The calibration and reconstruction methods ‎determine the true spatial location of imaged features and record a 3D volumetric ‎representation of the anterior eye. The system can image the entire anterior ‎chamber and contiguous structures, including the corneal limbus, sclera and ‎eyelids. Furthermore, the system can obtain corneal topography. ‎

The ophthalmologic device to be coupled to a correcting device for correcting subject eyes, the correcting device including a right-left pair of two examination windows and a right-left pair of arrangement mechanisms that each arrange first optical elements, includes: a coupling member configured to be detachably coupled to each of coupled members provided on a side surface of the correcting device on a side opposite to an eyepiece side for each subject eye; a second optical element arranged at a position facing a second examination window opposite to a first examination window which is an eyepiece window, when the coupling member is coupled to the coupled member, the second optical element configured to branch a second optical path from a first optical path along the optical axes; and an objective measuring system arranged on the second optical path and configured to acquire ocular characteristics of each subject eye.

In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, an optical coherence tomography-based ophthalmic testing center system includes an optical coherence tomography instrument comprising an eyepiece for receiving at least one eye of a user or subject; a light source that outputs light that is directed through the eyepiece into the user's or subject's eye, an interferometer configured to produce optical interference using light reflected from the user's / subject's eye, an optical detector disposed so as to detect said optical interference; and a processing unit coupled to the detector. The ophthalmic testing center system can be configured to perform a multitude of self-administered functional and / or structural ophthalmic tests and output the test data.

The invention discloses an anterior-posterior segment synchronous imaging SS-OCT system integrated with an optometry function, which comprises an OCT module, an optical coherence tomography module and an optical coherence tomography module, an OCT scanning light beam with the central wavelength of 1060 nanometers is spatially divided into an anterior segment imaging light path for imaging cornea and a whole crystalline lens and a posterior segment imaging light path for imaging retina through a 45-degree light splitting reflecting mirror, and full-eye synchronous imaging of the anterior segment and the posterior segment is achieved at the same time in a scanning period. The optometry module comprises a collimation light source, an annular diaphragm, a semi-reflecting and semi-transmitting mirror, a focusing lens group arranged on one side of a reflecting surface of the semi-reflecting and semi-transmitting mirror, a second dichroscope and a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) arranged behind the focusing lens group which are sequentially arranged along a light path, and is used for dynamically measuring the refraction state of human eyes and feeding back diopter in real time by adopting an optometry method based on a collimation aperture; and the automatic alignment module is used for automatically adjusting the positions of the OCT module and the optometry module according to a positioning result by using a triangulation positioning camera technology so as to ensure that the to-be-detected human eyes are always in the optimal imaging position.

The apparatus (100) for a medical procedure includes a gonioscope (118) having a distal surface (120) for placement adjacent to a patient's eye (142), a proximal surface (121) opposite the distal surface, and multiple facets (119) between the distal and proximal surfaces. The apparatus also includes a camera (112) for capturing an image of the anterior chamber (129), a laser (108) for generating a beam, a scanner (110) for directing the beam through the proximal surface of the gonioscope, and optics for focusing the beam to strike tissue at a cone angle of 2° or less. A controller (132) processes the image of the anterior chamber to identify a region (308) of the trabecular meshwork (150) within the eye and controls the scanner to direct the beam to strike the region at multiple locations.

A device and method for early detection of eye disease including a corneal topography device including a camera, such as a rotating Scheimpflug camera, configured to measure the elevation of a patient's two anterior corneas sequentially or simultaneously; a computer processor; and non-transitory computer readable media including computer readable instructions, which, when executed by the computer processor, causes the device to measure and store elevation data at a plurality of points on the patient's anterior corneal surfaces; organize the elevation data for each cornea into a two-dimensional matrix where the center of the cornea is in the center of the data frame, rotate the data for a first eye 180 degrees around the Y axis relative to a second eye, subtract data on each corresponding corneal point, and generate an elevation difference matrix showing the degree of symmetry or asymmetry between the patient's left and right eye corneal topography.

A method for assessing a lens capsule stability condition in an eye of a human patient includes simultaneously directing electromagnetic energy in a predetermined spectrum via an energy source onto a pupil of the eye after movement of the eye results in eye saccades occurring therein. The method further includes acquiring images of the eye indicative of the eye saccades using an image capture device and calculating a motion profile of the lens capsule using the images via an ECU. Additionally, the method includes extracting time-normalized lens capsule oscillation trajectories based on the motion profile via the ECU and then model fitting the lens capsule oscillation trajectories via the ECU, thereby assessing the lens capsule instability condition. Also disclosed herein is an automated system for performing an embodiment of the method, the automated system including an energy source, an image capture device, and an ECU.

A non-sliding, non-sutured hands-free contact lens assembly for ophthalmic procedures utilizes a number of micro structures strategically placed on the bottom of either the contact lens or the bottom of a contact lens holder ring. After the contact lens, or the contact lens assembled with the contact lens holder ring, is placed on the cornea of the eye and centered, a surgeon applies downward pressure either on the contact lens itself or on the lens holder ring. This secures the lens assembly to the cornea due to increased friction between the micro structures and the tissues of the eye when the micro structures penetrate through the tear film and, optionally, viscous solution film and into the contact with superficial layer of cornea or other parts of the eye, thus temporarily anchoring the contact lens, or lens holder, to the desired surgical site.

This flow velocity measurement method comprises: a heating step (S102) for heating a part of a medium; a first optical measurement step (S101) for acquiring a first image of observation illumination light that has passed through the medium, at a first timing; a second optical measurement step (S103) for acquiring a second image of observation illumination light that has passed through the medium, at a second timing which is after the first timing and which is during or after execution of the heating step; a first refractive index distribution change calculation step (S104) for calculating first information pertaining to a change in refractive index distribution based on the heat distribution of the medium on the basis of the first image and the second image; and a flow velocity calculation step (S105) for calculating the flow velocity of the medium on the basis of the first information pertaining to the change in the refractive index distribution.

The present invention relates to a method and a device for estimating a full shape of a lens of an eye from measurements of the lens taken in-vivo by optical imaging techniques, the measurements comprising visible portions of the lens, the method comprises defining non-visible portions of the lens parting from the in-vivo measurements and using a geometrical model of a lens previously built from ex-vivo measurements. The full shape parameters of the crystalline lens can be estimated in the present invention from optical imaging techniques to improve the estimation of the IOL position and thus the IOL power selection.

Certain embodiments disclose a contact lens holder including a rim forming a lens receptacle for receiving a lens and a flange integrally formed with and extending from the rim, flange comprising at least one tab, wherein at least one of a posterior surface of the flange and a posterior surface of the at least one tab comprises micro-structuring.

To provide improved method and device for determining a target position of an opening leading to Schlemm's canal through trabecular meshwork, and improving the flow.SOLUTION: A surgical procedure includes the insertion of a slender probe 23 into a target tissue area including trabecular meshwork 9 and Schlemm's canal from an opening to the inside of the eye across the anterior chamber. An exemplary system includes: an optical microscope for a surgeon to visually recognize the eye by a microscopic image during the procedure; an optical coherence tomographic (OCT) device configured to perform OCT scanning of a target position in the target tissue area during the procedure; and an image processing device configured to generate an expansion image by superimposing an OCT image of the target position and a graphic visual element for identifying the position. The graphic visual element is aligned with the microscopic image for helping the surgeon advance the distal end of the slender probe to the target position.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

An optical measurement system and apparatus for carrying out cataract diagnostics in an eye of a patient includes a Corneal Topography Subsystem, a wavefront aberrometer subsystem, and an eye structure imaging subsystem, wherein the subsystems have a shared optical axis, and each subsystem is operatively coupled to the others via a controller. The eye structure imaging subsystem is preferably a fourierdomain optical coherence tomographer, and more preferably, a swept source OCT.