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OPTICAL EQUIPMENT FOR OBSERVATION OF THE IRIDOCORNEAL ZONE, METHODS OF MEASURING AND/OR EVALUATING THE IRIDOCORNEAL ZONE

  • US 20170231491A1
  • Filed: 04/30/2015
  • Published: 08/17/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Optical equipment suitable for observation of at least a portion of an iridocorneal annular zone of an eye comprising:

  • an illumination assembly, comprising at least one illumination electric device, for illuminating at least a portion of an iridocorneal annular zone of an eye, and having a plurality of illumination optical paths for one or more illumination light beams going to a corresponding plurality of sub-portions of said portion,an image capturing assembly, comprising at least one image capturing electric device, for capturing images of at least a portion of an iridocorneal annular zone of an eye, and having a plurality of imaging optical paths for one or more imaging light beams coming from a corresponding plurality of sub-portions of said portion, anda front optical assembly having a front surface designed to be located close to the front surface of an eye, a rear surface designed to be located far from the front surface of an eye, and comprising a central portion located between the front surface and the rear surface and a lateral portion located around the central portion;

    wherein the front optical assembly is stationary;

    wherein all the imaging optical paths pass through the central portion between the front surface and the rear surface;

    wherein the lateral portion comprises a reflecting element surrounding the central portion and designed to provide a reflection along all the imaging optical paths;

    whereby, in use, at least the image capturing assembly is far from the observed eye.

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