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Patent application number | Title | Published |
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20090201467 | FUNDUS PHOTO-STIMULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - An eye examination device has a fundus observation system and an optical stimulation system. The optical stimulation system has an optical targeting subsystem and an optical stimulation subsystem, wherein the optical stimulation system is structured to be used to provide light stimulation to a portion of a fundus of an eye targeted by the optical targeting subsystem in conjunction with observations made with the fundus observation system. | 08-13-2009 |