Optics: eye examining – vision testing and correcting – Eye examining or testing instrument – Objective type
Patent
1993-12-03
1996-03-26
Sikes, William L.
Optics: eye examining, vision testing and correcting
Eye examining or testing instrument
Objective type
351200, 351246, A61B 314, A61B 300
Patent
active
055025200
ABSTRACT:
A medical device and method are provided for performing and recording Brueckner and Hirschberg reflex tests without the assistance of an eye specialist. The device comprises a video apparatus for taking and recording real time video of the eyes of a patient and a light source for producing a beam of light at a lens of the video apparatus. The beam of light is directed into the eyes of the patient and the eye reflex response is recorded on the video. A video segment which includes the focusing of the patient's eyes on a desired object is then forwarded to the eye specialist for diagnosis of eye disorders indicated by the Brueckner and Hirschberg reflex tests.
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Cibis Gerhard W.
Luke Thomas P.
Mai Huy
Sikes William L.
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