Optics: eye examining – vision testing and correcting – Eye examining or testing instrument – Subjective type
Patent
1987-03-20
1988-08-23
Bovernick, Rodney B.
Optics: eye examining, vision testing and correcting
Eye examining or testing instrument
Subjective type
351237, A61B 302
Patent
active
047657324
ABSTRACT:
A hyperacuity testing instrument is adapted to evaluate visual function by selectively changing the relative position of two spots or points of light that function as visual stimuli for observation by a patient. The instrument includes a laser that emits a single beam of light that is split into two beams when it passes through a bi-prism. The beams of light are visually shown as two spots on a display screen for recorded perception by a patient. A rotary adjustment selectively varies the rotational positions of the spots relative to each other whereas a linear adjustment selectively varies the separation gap between the spots. The recorded data enables a surgeon to determine whether corrective surgery to remove an ocular media opacity will, in fact, improve vision, i.e., the test procedure "penetrates" the opacity to assess visual function at the retinal-neural level.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4260227 (1981-04-01), Munnerlyn et al.
J. M. Enoch et al., Progress in Retinal Research, vol. 4, Chap. 3, "Hyperacuity: A Promising Means of Evaluating Vision through Cataract", pp. 67-68, Mar. 28, 1985.
Bovernick Rodney B.
Ryan Jay
The Regents of the University of California
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