Non-contact tonometer
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1. A non-contact tonometer comprising:
- a pressurizing system, a deformation detection system, and a calculation system, wherein;
said pressurizing system includes;
fluid pressurizing chamber means for providing pressurized fluid; and
nozzle means for applying the pressurized fluid to deform a cornea of an eye to be examined, said nozzle means being coupled to said fluid pressurizing chamber means and adapted to be positioned opposite to the eye along a pressurization axis;
said deformation detection system includes;
light projection means for projecting a pulsed light beam to the cornea,light receiving means for receiving a light beam reflected by the cornea during the deformation of the cornea; and
deformation speed detecting means for detecting the moving speed of the corneal surface being deformed in the direction of the pressurization axis on the basis of a frequency deviation between pulsed light beam projected to the cornea and the pulsed light beam reflected by the cornea;
said calculation system includes;
calculation means for calculating the eye pressure in accordance with the time integration of an output from said deformation speed detecting means.
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Abstract
An eye pressure meter provided with a pressing system for deforming the cornea of an eye to be examined, a detecting system for detecting the speed of deformation of the cornea, and a calculating system for calculating eye pressure value information on the basis of the information of the speed of deformation.
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1. A non-contact tonometer comprising:
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a pressurizing system, a deformation detection system, and a calculation system, wherein; said pressurizing system includes; fluid pressurizing chamber means for providing pressurized fluid; and nozzle means for applying the pressurized fluid to deform a cornea of an eye to be examined, said nozzle means being coupled to said fluid pressurizing chamber means and adapted to be positioned opposite to the eye along a pressurization axis; said deformation detection system includes; light projection means for projecting a pulsed light beam to the cornea, light receiving means for receiving a light beam reflected by the cornea during the deformation of the cornea; and deformation speed detecting means for detecting the moving speed of the corneal surface being deformed in the direction of the pressurization axis on the basis of a frequency deviation between pulsed light beam projected to the cornea and the pulsed light beam reflected by the cornea; said calculation system includes; calculation means for calculating the eye pressure in accordance with the time integration of an output from said deformation speed detecting means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An eye pressure meter, comprising:
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fluid pressurizing chamber means for providing pressurized fluid; nozzle means for supplying the pressurized fluid to deform a cornea of an eye to be examined, said nozzle means being operably associated with said fluid pressurizing chamber means and adapted to be positioned opposite the eye along a pressurization axis; projection means for projecting a pulse signal to the cornea; receiving means for receiving the signal reflected by the cornea during the deformation of the cornea; deformation speed detecting means for detecting the moving speed of the corneal surface being deformed in the direction of the pressurization axis on the basis of a frequency deviation between the pulse signal projected to the cornea and the signal reflected by the cornea; and calculation means for calculating the eye pressure in accordance with the time integration of an output from said deformation speed detecting means.
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16. A non-contact tonometer comprising:
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a pressurizing system, a deformation detection system, and a calculation system, wherein; said pressurizing system includes; fluid pressurizing chamber means for providing pressurized fluid; and nozzle means for applying the pressurized fluid to deform a cornea of an eye to be examined, said nozzle means being coupled to said fluid pressurizing chamber means and adapted to be positioned opposite the eye along a pressurization axis; said deformation detection system includes; light projection means for projecting a pulsed light beam to the cornea; light receiving means for receiving a light beam reflected by the cornea during the deformation of the cornea; and deformation speed detecting means for detecting the moving speed of the cornea being deformed in the direction of the pressurization axis on the basis of a frequency deviation between the pulsed light beam projected to the cornea and the pulsed light beam reflected by the cornea; said calculation system includes; calculation means for calculating the eye pressure in accordance with an extremum value of an output from said deformation speed detecting means.
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17. A non-contact tonometer comprising:
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a pressurizing system, a deformation detection system, and a calculation system, wherein; said pressurizing system includes; fluid pressurizing chamber means for providing pressurized fluid; and nozzle means for applying the pressurized fluid to deform a cornea of an eye to be examined, said nozzle means being coupled to said fluid pressurizing means and adapted to be positioned opposite the eye along a pressurization axis; said deformation detection system includes; light projection means for projecting a light beam with a predetermined wavelength to the cornea; light receiving means for receiving a light beam reflected by the cornea during the deformation of the cornea; and deformation speed detecting means for detecting the moving speed of the cornea being deformed in the direction of the pressurization axis on the basis of wavelength deviation between the light beam projected to the cornea and the light beam reflected by the cornea; said calculation system includes; calculation means for calculating the eye pressure on the basis of the time integration of an output from said deformation speed detecting means.
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18. A non-contact tonometer comprising:
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a pressurizing system, a deformation detection system, and a calculation system, wherein; said pressurizing system includes; fluid pressurizing chamber means for providing pressurized fluid; and nozzle means for applying the pressurized fluid to deform a cornea of an eye to be examined, said nozzle means being coupled to said fluid pressurizing chamber means and adapted to be positioned opposite the eye along a pressurization axis; said deformation detection system includes; light projection means for projecting a light beam with a predetermined wavelength to the cornea; light receiving means for receiving a light beam reflected by the cornea during the deformation of the cornea; and deformation speed detecting means for detecting the moving speed of the cornea being deformed in the direction of the pressurization axis on the basis of a wavelength deviation between the light beam projected to the cornea and the light beam reflected by the cornea; said calculation system includes; calculation means for calculating the eye pressure in accordance with an extremum value of an output from said deformation speed detecting means.
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19. A non-contact tonometer comprising:
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a pressurizing system, a deformation detection system, and a calculation system, wherein; said pressurizing system includes; pressurizing energy means for deforming a cornea of an eye to be examined, said pressurizing energy means being adapted to be positioned opposite the eye along a pressurization axis; said deformation detection system includes; light projection means for projecting a pulsed light beam to the cornea; light receiving means for receiving a light beam reflected by the cornea during the deformation of the cornea; and deformation speed detecting means for detecting the moving speed of the cornea being deformed in the direction of the pressurization axis on the basis of a frequency deviation between the pulsed light beam projected to the cornea and the light beam reflected by the cornea; said calculation system includes; calculation means for calculating the eye pressure on the basis of the time integration of an output from said deformation speed detecting means.
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20. A non-contact tonometer comprising:
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a pressurizing system, a deformation detection system, and a calculation system, wherein; said pressurizing system includes; pressurizing energy means for deforming a cornea of an eye to be examined, said pressurizing energy means being adapted to be positioned opposite the eye along a pressurization axis; said deformation detection system includes; light projection means for projecting a pulsed light beam to the cornea; light receiving means for receiving a light beam reflected by the cornea during the deformation of the cornea; and deformation speed detecting means for detecting the moving speed of the cornea being deformed in the direction of the pressurization axis on the basis of a frequency deviation between pulsed light beam projected to the cornea and the light beam reflected by the cornea; said calculation system includes; calculation means for calculating the eye pressure in accordance with an extremum value of an output from said deformation speed detecting means.
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21. A non-contact tonometer comprising:
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a pressurizing system, a deformation detection system, and a calculation system, wherein; said pressurizing system includes; pressurizing energy means for deforming a cornea of an eye to be examined, said pressurizing energy means being adapted to be positioned opposite the eye along a pressurization axis; said deformation detection system includes; light projection means for projecting a light beam with a predetermined wavelength to the cornea; light receiving means for receiving a light beam reflected by the cornea during the deformation of the cornea; and deformation speed detecting means for detecting the moving speed of the cornea being deformed in the direction of the pressurization axis on the basis of a wavelength deviation between the pulsed light beam projected to the cornea and the light beam reflected by the cornea; said calculation system includes; calculation means for calculating the eye pressure on the basis of the time integration of an output from said deformation speed detecting means.
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22. A non-contact tonometer comprising:
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a pressurizing system, a deformation detection system, and a calculation system, wherein; said pressurizing system includes; pressurizing energy means for deforming a cornea of an eye to be examined, said pressurization energy means being adapted to be positioned opposite the eye along a pressurization axis; said deformation detection system includes; light projection means for projecting a light beam with a predetermined wavelength to the cornea; light receiving means for receiving a light beam reflected by the cornea during the deformation of the cornea; and deformation speed detecting means for detecting the moving speed of the cornea being deformed in the direction of the pressurization axis on the basis of a wavelength deviation between the pulsed light beam projected to the cornea and the light beam reflected by the cornea; said calculation system includes; calculation means for calculating the eye pressure in accordance with an extremum value of an output from said deformation speed detecting means.
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23. A non-contact tonometer comprising:
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a pressurizing system, a deformation detection system, and a calculation system, wherein; said pressurizing system includes; fluid pressurizing chamber means for providing pressurized fluid; and nozzle means for applying the pressurized fluid to deform a cornea of an eye to be examined, said nozzle means being coupled to said fluid pressurizing chamber means and adapted to be positioned opposite the eye along a pressurization axis; said deformation detection system includes; light projection means for receiving a light beam reflected by the cornea during the deformation of the cornea; light receiving means for receiving a light beam reflected by the cornea during the deformation of the cornea; and deformation speed detecting means for detecting the moving speed of the cornea being deformed in the direction of the pressurization axis on the basis of a frequency deviation between the pulsed light beam projected to the cornea and the light beam reflected by the cornea; said calculation system includes; calculation means for calculating the eye pressure on the basis of an output from said deformation speed detecting means.
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24. A non-contact tonometer comprising:
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a pressurizing system, a deformation detection system, and a calculation system, wherein; pressurizing energy means for deforming a cornea of an eye to be examined, said pressurizing energy means being adapted to be positioned opposite the eye along a pressurization axis; said deformation detection system includes; light projection means for projecting a pulsed light beam to the cornea; light receiving means for receiving a light beam reflected by the cornea during the deformation of the cornea; and deformation speed detecting means for detecting the moving speed of the cornea being deformed in the direction of the pressurization axis on the basis of a frequency deviation between the pulsed light beam projected to the cornea and the light beam reflected by the cornea; said calculation system includes; calculation means for calculating the eye pressure on the basis of an output from said deformation speed detecting means.
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25. A non-contact tonometer, comprising:
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fluid pressurizing chamber means for providing pressurized fluid; nozzle means for supplying the pressurized fluid to deform a cornea of an eye to be examined, said nozzle means being operably associated with said fluid pressurizing chamber means and adapted to be positioned opposite the eye along a pressurization axis; projection means for projecting a pulse signal to the cornea; receiving means for receiving the signal reflected by the cornea during the deformation of the cornea; detecting means for detecting a frequency deviation between the pulse signal projected to the cornea and the signal reflected by the cornea; and calculation means for calculating the eye pressure on the basis of an output from said detecting means. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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28. A non-contact tonometer, comprising:
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a pressurizing system, a deformation detection system and a calculation system, wherein said pressurizing system includes pressurizing energy means for deforming a cornea of an eye to be examined, said pressurizing energy means being adapted to be positioned opposite the eye along a pressurization axis; wherein said deformation detection system includes; projection means for projecting a pulse signal to the cornea; receiving means for receiving the signal reflected by the cornea during the deformation of the cornea; detecting means for detecting a frequency deviation between the pulse signal projected to the cornea and the signal reflected by the cornea; and wherein said calculation system includes calculation means for calculating the eye pressure on the basis of an output from said detecting means. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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