Compact ocular measuring system
First Claim
1. A compact apparatus for determining refractive aberrations of the eye, said apparatus comprising:
- a hand-held housing;
illumination means including at least one source of illumination disposed in said housing for projecting a beam of light into the eye of a patient along an illumination axis, said beam forming a secondary source on the back of the eye for a return light path of an outgoing generated wavefront from said eye;
measurement means disposed in said housing including light sensing means disposed along said light return path, said light sensing means including a light detection surface;
at least one microoptics array disposed between said electronic sensor and said eye along said return light path, said microoptics array comprising a plurality of lenslets planarly disposed, said plurality of lenslets and said light detection surface being arranged parallel to each other and perpendicularly to said light return path, said microoptics array being positioned relative to said light sensing means so as to substantially focus portions of said formed wavefront onto said light detection surface, said measurement means further including means for detecting deviations in the positions of the substantially focused portions impinging on said light detecting surface so as to determine aberrations of said outgoing wavefront; and
viewing means disposed in said housing for aligning the eye with the illumination axis.
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Abstract
Apparatus for determining refractive aberrations of the eye of a patient includes an instrument housing having a light source for projecting a substantially focused beam of light at the back of the eye of a patient, said substantially focused beam acting as a secondary source for a return light path of a fonned outgoing wavefront exiting said eye. An electronic sensor is disposed along said light return path, said electronic sensor having a light detecting surface disposed perpendicular to said return light path, and at least one microoptics array disposed between the electronic sensor and the eye along said return light path. The microoptics array includes plurality of lenslets disposed in a plane perpendicular to said light return path and positioned relative to said electronic sensor so as to substantially focus incremental portions of the outgoing wavefront onto the light detecting surface such that the deviations in the positions of the substantially focused portions impinging on said light detecting surface can be measured so as to determine aberrations of said wavefront. Preferably, at least one pair of conjugate lenses is disposed along said return light path and positioned between said eye and the microoptics array, the lenses of said conjugate pair having unequal focal lengths to allow the device to be used at an effective working distance from a patient
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47 Claims
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1. A compact apparatus for determining refractive aberrations of the eye, said apparatus comprising:
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a hand-held housing; illumination means including at least one source of illumination disposed in said housing for projecting a beam of light into the eye of a patient along an illumination axis, said beam forming a secondary source on the back of the eye for a return light path of an outgoing generated wavefront from said eye; measurement means disposed in said housing including light sensing means disposed along said light return path, said light sensing means including a light detection surface; at least one microoptics array disposed between said electronic sensor and said eye along said return light path, said microoptics array comprising a plurality of lenslets planarly disposed, said plurality of lenslets and said light detection surface being arranged parallel to each other and perpendicularly to said light return path, said microoptics array being positioned relative to said light sensing means so as to substantially focus portions of said formed wavefront onto said light detection surface, said measurement means further including means for detecting deviations in the positions of the substantially focused portions impinging on said light detecting surface so as to determine aberrations of said outgoing wavefront; and viewing means disposed in said housing for aligning the eye with the illumination axis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A method of measuring refractive eye error, said method comprising:
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projecting a beam of light into an eye of interest, said light producing a secondary source and generating a representative wavefront from the eye along a return light path; aligning said eye with said beam of projected light; directing said generated wavefront through a pair of conjugate lenses onto at least one microoptics array having a series of planarly disposed lenslet elements, said conjugate lenses and said lenslet array being disposed along said return light path; substantially focusing incremental portions of said generated wavefront passing through said lenslet elements onto an imaging substrate; and measuring the deviations in the incremental portions of said generated wavefront on said imaging substrate so as to measure refractive error in the eye of interest. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 46)
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45. A compact apparatus for determining refractive aberrations of the eye, said apparatus comprising:
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a hand-held housing;
illumination means disposed in said housing for projecting a beam of light into the eye of a patient along an illumination axis, said beam forming a secondary source on the back of the eye for a return light path of a generated wavefront from said eye;measurement means disposed in said housing including an electronic sensor disposed along said light return path, said electric sensor having an imaging substrate; alignment means for aligning the eye with the illumination axis, said alignment means including a viewing port arranged obliquely with respect to said illumination means along a viewing axis and means for directing an alignment guide along said viewing axis to said eye; at least one microoptics array disposed between said electric sensor and said eye along said return light path, said at least one microoptics array comprising a pluarality of lenslets planarly disposed, said plurality of lenslets and said imaging substrate being arranged parallel to each other and perpendicuarly to said light return path, said at least one microoptics array being positioned relative to said electronic sensor so as to substantially focus portions of said formed wavefront onto said imaging substrate, said measurement means further including means for detecting deviations in the positions of the substantially focused portions impinging on said imaging substrate so as to determine aberrations of said outgoing wavefront, and at least one pair of conjugate lenses disposed along said light return path between the eye of interest and said at least one microoptics array, each of said conjugate lenses having different focal lengths for allowing said housing to be used at a suitable working distance from a patient, said working distance being greater than 1 cm. - View Dependent Claims (47)
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