A61B3/1015

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING REFRACTIVE ERROR AND OPHTHALMIC LENSES PROVIDED THEREFROM

Systems and methods for providing identification factors for an individual wearer. Some or all of the identification factors when within a predetermined value provide a prescription and corrective ophthalmic lenses for a selected individual wearer, the corrective ophthalmic lens having at least one correction that is to the nearest 0.20 diopter, or is in a range between about the nearest 0.01 diopter and about the nearest 0.20 diopter. The prescription and corrective ophthalmic lenses are obtained by at least first analysis performed with a first instrument, a second analysis performed with a second instrument, and a third analysis performed with a third instrument, in which each instrument is different, and each analysis is different.

METHOD FOR ROBUST EYE TRACKING AND OPHTHALMOLOGIC APPARATUS THEREFOR

An ophthalmic apparatus includes an AOSLO apparatus, a WFSLO apparatus, and a tracking processor that controls a tracking mirror based on position information calculated from AOSLO and WFSLO images. In another embodiment, the tracking processor controls the tracking mirror based on position information calculated from WFSLO images only. Depending on the amount of movement a target image with respect to a reference image, and the accuracy of detection thereof, the tracking mirror of either the AOSLO apparatus or the WFSLO apparatus can be selectively controlled according to a difference in position of the target image with respect to the reference image.

Astigmatism correction

A therapeutic method can include receiving an initial astigmatism condition of an eye; receiving a target final astigmatism condition of the eye; generating, based on the initial and target final astigmatism conditions, an eye incision pattern by iterating through a plurality of potential corrective combinations; and cutting the eye based on the eye incision pattern. Each of the potential corrective combinations can be defined by one or more of: an intraocular lens selected from a plurality of intraocular lens options, an access incision selected from a plurality of access incision options, and an arcuate incision selected from a plurality of arcuate incision options.

Methods and systems for eye measurement with in-focus iris and scleral imaging
11246484 · 2022-02-15 · ·

An eye measurement instrument includes: an optical measurement subsystem for measuring an optical characteristic of an eye; an imaging system, including: a camera, an optical system including a movable optical element, and an actuator to move the movable optical element. When the movable optical element is moved into a first position outside an optical path between the eye and the camera, then the optical system focuses a first feature of the eye at the camera, and the camera is configured to capture a first image of the eye, and when the movable element is moved in a second position in the optical path then the optical system focuses a second feature of the eye, different from the first feature, at the camera, and the camera captures a second image of the eye.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING EYESIGHT ACUITY AND HEARING ABILITY
20170258319 · 2017-09-14 ·

The present invention relates to a system (10) for assessing eyesight acuity of a subject (20), comprising: a display (12) for displaying graphics and/or text to the subject (20); an eye movement sensor (14, 14′) for monitoring an eye movement of the subject (20) while the subject (20) is watching the graphics and/or text displayed on the display (12); a processing unit (16) for assessing the eyesight acuity of the subject (20) based on an analysis of the monitored eye movement, wherein the analysis of the monitored eye movement includes an analysis of at least one of a duration of eye saccades, a frequency of eye saccades, a duration of eye fixations and a frequency of eye fixations in the monitored eye movement; and an output unit (18, 18′) for indicating the result of the assessment of the eyesight acuity. The present invention furthermore relates to a system (110) for assessing hearing ability of a subject (20).

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MAKING OPTICAL MEASUREMENT OF EYE
20220225875 · 2022-07-21 ·

A method and device: pass a probe beam to the retina of an eye through a refractive region of a combined diffractive-refractive intraocular lens (IOL) which is implanted into the eye; provide light returned from the retina to a wavefront sensor which includes a detector array and images the returned light onto the detector array to produce a first set of light spots which returned from the retina through the refractive region of the combined diffractive-refractive IOL and a second set of light spots which returned from the retina through a diffractive region of the combined diffractive-refractive IOL; select a first region of the detector array which includes at least some of the first set of light spots and excludes the second set of light spots; and determines a refraction of the eye with the combined diffractive-refractive IOL implanted therein using only data from the first set of light spots.

REFINING LENS PARAMETERS OF AN OCULAR MODEL

An ophthalmic system for generating an ocular model of an eye includes an optical coherence tomography (OCT) device, an aberrometer, and a computer. The OCT device detects OCT light reflected from the eye. The aberrometer detects aberrometer light reflected from the eye. The computer generates the ocular model of the eye according to the reflected OCT light. The ocular model includes parameters describing the eye. The parameters include lens parameters that describe the lens of the eye. The computer determines an OCT-based wavefront according to the ocular model, determines an aberrometer-based wavefront according to the reflected aberrometer light, and compares the OCT-based and the aberrometer-based wavefronts. If the wavefronts differ beyond a predefined tolerance, the computer adjusts one or more values assigned to the parameters until the wavefronts satisfy the predefined tolerance. At least one adjusted value is assigned to a lens parameter.

EVALUATING MEASUREMENTS USING INFORMATION FROM MULTIPLE MEASURING DEVICES

An ophthalmic system for measuring an eye comprises measuring devices and a computer. The measuring devices comprise an optical coherence tomography (OCT) device and an aberrometer. The OCT device directs OCT light towards the eye, and detects the OCT light reflected from the eye to measure the eye. The aberrometer directs aberrometer light towards the eye, and detects the aberrometer light reflected from the eye to measure the eye. The computer generates an ocular model of the eye according to the reflected OCT light. The ocular model comprises parameters for the eye, where each parameter is assigned a value. The computer determines an OCT-based wavefront according to the ocular model, determines an aberrometer-based wavefront according to the reflected aberrometer light, ascertains a deviation between the OCT-based wavefront and the aberrometer-based wavefront, and evaluates measurements from one or more of the measuring devices according to the deviation.

Methods and Systems for Determining Wavefronts for Forming Optical Structures in Ophthalmic Lenses
20210378508 · 2021-12-09 · ·

Embodiments include methods and systems forming optical structures in an ophthalmic lens for improving a patient's vision by accessing a prescription for the patient; generating a variable wavefront based on the prescription; phase wrapping the first variable wavefront, wherein phase wrapping the first variable wavefront includes collapsing the first variable wavefront to a phase-wrapped wavefront having a predetermined phase height; and generating, based on the phase-wrapped wavefront, energy output parameters for forming an optical structure in the ophthalmic lens using an energy source.

OPTICAL SYSTEM
20210373304 · 2021-12-02 ·

The present disclosure provides an optical system that includes a prism having an incident surface, an exit surface, and one or more reflecting surfaces. The optical system includes a first scanning element configured to scan in a first direction a light that enters and reflect the light in a direction of the incident surface of the prism, and a second scanning element configured to scan in a second direction the light that exits from the exit surface of the prism, the second direction being orthogonal to the first direction. The incident surface of the prism has a convex shape with respect to the first scanning element.