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Device and method for positioning and relaxing accommodation of the eye

  • US 5,293,532 A
  • Filed: 12/31/1992
  • Issued: 03/08/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/19/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for use in positioning a first eye of a patient having (i) first and second eyes, which first eye is capable of following movement of the second eye, and (ii) a facial region surrounding the second eye, comprising:

  • a. means for (i) contacting the facial region surrounding the second eye and (ii) occluding the second eye, but not the first eye, from ambient light; and

    b. means, comprising a plurality of selectively illuminable light sources contained within the occluding means, for providing alternate fixation targets for the second eye to permit relative movement of the second eye and any selected one of the selectively illuminable light sources when the apparatus is in use.

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