Noncontact type tonometer
First Claim
1. A noncontact type tonometer having an orifice tube for discharging a fluid to deform a cornea of an eye under test and an alignment optical system for aligning an axis of the orifice tube with the cornea and viewing the anterior portion of the eye under test, said alignment optical system comprising:
- an orifice tube disposed along an axis;
projection means for projecting an alignment target mark onto the cornea of the eye under test, the alignment target mark including light of a first range of wavelengths;
illumination means for illuminating an anterior portion of the eye under test with light of a second range of wavelengths different from said first range of wavelengths;
first imaging optical means, having a first optical axis coaxial with the axis of the orifice tube, for forming an image of the alignment target mark on a plane and for passing light of the first range of wavelengths;
second imaging optical means for forming an image of the anterior portion of the eye on the plane and for passing light of the second range of wavelengths; and
reticle means for providing a reticle image on the plane, the relative positions between the reticle image and at least one of (i) the image of the alignment target and (ii) the image of the anterior portion of the eye formed on the plane being indicative of the relative positions of the axis of the orifice tube and the cornea.
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Abstract
A noncontact type tonometer, in which an axial line extending in the direction of air pulse projected by an air pulse projecting nozzle towards a cornea of an eye to be tested is coaxial with an optical axis of an alignment optical system for verifying an alignment with respect to a vertex of the cornea, includes an anterior portion observing system capable of optically observing an anterior portion of the eye and having an optical axis coaxial at least with a part of the optical axis of the alignment optical system.
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24 Claims
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1. A noncontact type tonometer having an orifice tube for discharging a fluid to deform a cornea of an eye under test and an alignment optical system for aligning an axis of the orifice tube with the cornea and viewing the anterior portion of the eye under test, said alignment optical system comprising:
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an orifice tube disposed along an axis; projection means for projecting an alignment target mark onto the cornea of the eye under test, the alignment target mark including light of a first range of wavelengths; illumination means for illuminating an anterior portion of the eye under test with light of a second range of wavelengths different from said first range of wavelengths; first imaging optical means, having a first optical axis coaxial with the axis of the orifice tube, for forming an image of the alignment target mark on a plane and for passing light of the first range of wavelengths; second imaging optical means for forming an image of the anterior portion of the eye on the plane and for passing light of the second range of wavelengths; and reticle means for providing a reticle image on the plane, the relative positions between the reticle image and at least one of (i) the image of the alignment target and (ii) the image of the anterior portion of the eye formed on the plane being indicative of the relative positions of the axis of the orifice tube and the cornea. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A non-contact type tonometer having an orifice tube for discharging a fluid to deform a cornea of an eye under test and alignment optical system for aligning an axis of the orifice tube with the cornea and viewing the anterior portion of the eye under test, said alignment optical system comprising:
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an orifice tube disposed along an axis; projection means, having an optical axis, at least a part of which is coaxial with the axis of the orifice tube, for projecting an alignment target mark onto a cornea of the eye under test, the alignment target mark including light of a first range of wavelengths; illumination means illuminating an anterior portion of the eye under test with light of a second range of wavelengths different from said first range of wavelengths; first imaging optical means, having a first optical axis coaxial with the axis of the orifice tube, for forming an image of the alignment target mark on a plane and for passing light of the first range of wavelengths; second imaging optical means, having an optical axis at least a part of which is coaxial with the axis of the orifice tube, for forming an image of the anterior portion of the eye on the plane and for passing light of the second range of wavelengths; and reticle means for providing a reticle image on the plane, the relative positions between the reticle image and at least one of (i) the image of the alignment target and (ii) the image of the anterior portion of the eye formed on the plane being indicative of the relative positions of the axis of the orifice tube and cornea. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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