Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080310031 | Variable Lens - The invention relates to a variable lens for controlling electromagnetic radiation that interacts with said lens in a controlled manner. The lens includes a container; a first dielectric fluid that is held in the container; a second dielectric fluid that is held in the container, a phase boundary layer between the first and the second fluid. The relative dielectric constant of the first fluid is different from a relative dielectric constant of the second fluids. At least one first electrode; and at least one second electrode is positioned in relation to the first electrode in such a way that an electric current that is applied between the first and the second electrode generates an electric field, which infiltrates the phase boundary layer. | 12-18-2008 |
20090153798 | Device and method for monitoring, documenting and/or diagnosing the fundus - The present invention is directed to a device and a method for the observation, documentation and/or diagnosis of the fundus in which the diagnosis is carried out by evaluating the documented images of the fundus. The device according to the invention comprises an ophthalmological examination device, a multi-spectral sequential illumination module, an image recording module, a control and safety module, and an evaluating unit. The illumination module which is connected to the ophthalmologic examination device has at least two individual light sources and which can be regulated individually with respect to intensity and duration and which emit monochromatic light of different wavelengths. The light coming from the illumination module is imaged on the image recording module from the ophthalmologic examination device by the eye being examined. The control and safety module controls the chronological sequence, duration and intensity of the individual light sources and monitors the light stress. An evaluating unit evaluates the recordings of the fundus transmitted by the image recording module. The inventive solution serves to record monochromatic images of the retina, for example, red, green, blue, or also infrared, and to record fluorescence images. | 06-18-2009 |
20090257024 | OPHTHALMOLOGICAL INSTRUMENT - A homogeneously illuminating ophthalmic instrument includes an illumination device having a source of illumination, a homogenizing unit and a projection device, at least one organic or inorganic source of radiation with spectrally selective emission being used as a source of illumination. The illumination generated in this way enables correspondingly adapted visual and/or digital observation, recording or display of the examined regions of the eye by a visualizing unit. | 10-15-2009 |
20100060728 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING HIGH-QUALITY REPRODUCTIONS OF THE FRONT AND/OR REAR SECTIONS OF THE EYE - The present invention makes it possible to make high-quality recordings of the anterior and/or posterior segments of the eye as an individual image or also as a sequence of images without increasing the radiation load on the eye to be examined. In the method according to the invention, at least one pre-flash is used in order to determine an optimal exposure time for the main flash based on the recording of the pre-flash which is reflected by the object to be recorded. Both the pre-flash and the main flash are controllable and the recordings of the pre-flash and main flash are recorded with the same sensor of the electronic camera and are evaluated electronically by a control unit, and the recording of the main flash and, as the case may be, of the pre-flash is analyzed and/or corrected and displayed to the user. | 03-11-2010 |
20110116040 | OPHTHALMOLOGIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE OBSERVATION, EXAMINATION, DIAGNOSIS, AND/OR TREATMENT OF AN EYE - An ophthalmologic apparatus and a method for the contactless observation, examination, treatment, and/or diagnosis of an eye. The apparatus is structurally based on a fundus camera or an ophthalmoscope. An illumination beam path extends from a first illumination source to the eye and is fitted with a perforated mirror and imaging optics, and an observation beam path extends from the eye to a detector via the imaging optics and through the perforated mirror. The arrangement additionally comprises a beam path for scanning illumination which extends from a second illumination source to the eye and is fitted with a scanning unit, a lens, and a beam splitter in addition to the imaging optics. The scanning unit that is arranged in the beam path for scanning illumination is designed as (an) electrostatically or/and galvanometrically driven bidirectional or unidirectional tilting mirror(s). | 05-19-2011 |
20120169995 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING HIGH-QUALITY FUNDUS IMAGES - To produce a color fundus image, the eye is illuminated with light pulses of defined wavelengths. Light reflected is recorded by a sensor and transmitted to a control unit. At least three monochromatic images at very short temporal intervals and a dark image of the fundus are recorded. After activation of a spectral-selective optical element, a color intensity distribution of the fundus is recorded by the sensor at white illumination. The monochromatic images are combined by the control unit to obtain a resulting color fundus image, wherein the color intensity distribution is used for the correction of color composition and the dark image is used for taking into account the noise of the sensor. The solution permits monitoring, documenting and/or diagnosing of the fundus and can also be executed with ophthalmological systems based on the principle of optical coherence and/or confocal imaging. | 07-05-2012 |
20130076889 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - A display device includes an image acquisition module which has an image sensor and a first focal plane, which captures a picture of an object, and an observation module which images the object such that a user can perceive it with his eye. A second focal plane is set by the observation module and the accommodation state of the eye, and with a measuring module for measuring the accommodation state of the eye. A control unit adjusts the position of the first focal plane on the basis of the measured accommodation state such that it coincides with the second focal plane. | 03-28-2013 |
20130222763 | FUNDUS CAMERA WITH STRIP-SHAPED PUPIL DIVISION, AND METHOD FOR RECORDING ARTIFACT-FREE, HIGH-RESOLUTION FUNDUS IMAGES - A fundus camera for the recording of high-resolution colour images of the fundus of non-dark-adapted eyes, and without the use of a mydriatic. The fundus camera has a strip-shaped pupil division, and includes a coherent or incoherent illumination source with illumination optics, a deflection mirror and an ophthalmoscope lens for illuminating the eye, detection optics and a detector for detecting the light reflected by the eye, and a control and evaluation unit. The deflection mirror has a strip shape, and the spatially resolving detector can be activated and read out in sectors. The control and evaluation unit connects the data read out in sectors in the form of a bright image from the detector and produce a resulting fundus image. The fundus camera records images of the fundus when the eyes are not dark-adapted for this purpose and no mydriatic has been used. | 08-29-2013 |
20130265549 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE DIAGNOSIS OR RISK ASSESSMENT PARAMETER RELATED TO AMD - A method for Determining at Least One Parameter for Diagnosis or Risk Assessment of a Disease, including AMD. The distribution of the macular pigment MP of an eye and at least one area A whose bordering line corresponds to a constant optical density MPD and/or concentration MPC of MP is determined by an analysis unit. The bordering line is subjected to a quantitative shape description. At least one parameter DP, suitable for diagnosing a disease and/or the risk of a disease is derived from the quantitative shape description of the bordering line of the areas A. The method is provided for diagnosis or risk assessment but may also be used in the context of treatment of macular pigment deficiency phenomena to select the required supplements. This method, based on the determination of the fractal dimension, is also suitable for diagnosing other diseases such as edemas, actinomycoses, atrophies or lesions. | 10-10-2013 |