Novartis Ag

Alcon, Inc.

Carl Zeiss Meditec Gmbh

Lingfeng Yu

Hugang Ren

Tammo Heeren

Michael James Papac

Mauricio Jochinsen

Kambiz Parto

Matthew J Everett

Alexander N Artsyukhovich

Utkarsh Sharma

Barry Lynn Wheatley

Z Aras Aslan

Steven Thomas Charles

Mikhail Boukhny

Edouard G Schmidtlin

Dean Lin

Craig Bender

Vadim Shofman

Ronald T Smith

Jack Robert Auld

Alexandre R Tumlinson

Mark Alan Hopkins

Xiaoyu Yu

Argelio Michael Olivera

Robert Sanchez

Fred Mercado

Martin Eil

Ryan Makoto Takakawa

Valentina Doushkina

Chengxin Zhou

Tammo Hereen

Michael John Claus

Aras Aslan

Barry L Wheatley

Edouard Schmidtlin

An ophthalmic surgical microscope includes a beam coupler positioned along an optical path of the surgical microscope between a first eyepiece and magnifying/focusing optics, the beam coupler operable to direct the OCT imaging beam along a first portion of the optical path of the surgical microscope between the beam coupler and a patient's eye (an OCT image being generated based on a reflected portion of the OCT imaging beam). The surgical microscope additionally includes a real-time data projection unit operable to project the OCT image generated by the OCT system and a beam splitter positioned along the optical path of the surgical microscope between a second eyepiece and the magnifying/focusing optics. The beam splitter is operable to direct the projected OCT image along a second portion of the optical path of the surgical microscope between the beam splitter and the second eyepiece such that the projected OCT image is viewable through the second eyepiece.

Surgical microscope with integrated optical coherence tomography and display systems

A method and system provide an optical coherence tomography system including a light source, an interferometric system, a processor and a memory. The interferometric system is optically coupled with the light source and includes at least one movable scanning mirror. The processor and memory are coupled with the interferometric system. The processor executes instructions stored in the memory to cause the movable scanning mirror to scan a plurality of points in a sample in at least one pattern. The at least one pattern is based on at least one of at least one Lissajous curve and at least one Spirograph curve.

Method and apparatus for optical coherence tomography scanning

An ophthalmic surgical system includes a first imaging system configured to generate a first image of an eye, a second imaging system configured to generate a second image of the eye, and an image registration system to receive the first image generated by the first imaging system, receive the second image generated by a second imaging system, track a location of a distal tip of a surgical instrument in the first image, define a priority registration region in the first image, register the priority registration region in the first image with a corresponding region in the second image, and update the registration of the priority registration region in the first image with the corresponding region in the second image in real time, without registering portions of the first or second images that are outside the registration regions.

Adaptive image registration for ophthalmic surgery

Some embodiments of the present technology involve methods, devices, and systems for determining an orientation of a surgical tool during ophthalmic surgery. An example method includes performing an optical imaging scan in the surgical site, using a scan pattern that intersects the surgical tool and generating a scan image from the optical imaging scan. The example method further comprises analyzing the scan image to determine a location in the scan image corresponding to where the surgical tool intersected the optical imaging scan, and determining an orientation of the surgical tool, based on the determined location.

Systems and methods for tracking the orientation of surgical tools

A system and method for a reconfigurable surgical microscope is disclosed. The reconfigurable microscope includes an eyepiece; a relay lens system optically coupled to the eyepiece; a zoom lens system optically coupled to the eyepiece and the relay lens system; an illumination unit; and an objective lens capable of being repositioned between a first objective lens position and a second objective lens position, the first objective lens position comprising a slot located between the zoom lens system and the illumination unit and the second objective lens position comprising a slot located such that the illumination unit is located between the second objective lens position and the zoom lens system.

Reconfigurable surgical microscope

Both visible and IR cameras are integrated without an increase in an optical stack height of a surgical microscope used for ophthalmic surgery. The IR camera may be used to directly and intraoperatively capture a scanning OCT measurement beam, which uses NIR light that is invisible to the human eye. An IR image from the IR camera taken from the same surgical field as displayed intraoperatively to a user of the surgical microscope may be displayed in an ocular to the user, enabling visualization of a location of an OCT scan along with actual visible images of the surgical field.

Combined near infrared imaging and visible imaging in a compact microscope stack

A foot-operated controller includes a base configured to rest on a floor surface, and a movable contact surface coupled to the base. The contact surface includes an anterior region to support a toe region and a posterior region to support a heel region, and is configured to roll about a roll axis in response to inversion or eversion of a foot engaged with the contact surface, pitch about a pitch axis in response to plantar flexion or dorsiflexion of the foot, and yaw about a yaw axis in response to abduction or adduction of the foot. The roll, pitch, and yaw axes intersect at a point superior to the contact surface, and may align with the operator's ankle.

Tri-axial ergonomic footswitch

An optical coherence tomography (OCT) apparatus includes an optical source module comprising two or more selectable optical sources or an optical source configured to selectively operate in two or more source operating modes, or a combination of both, and further comprises an OCT engine coupled to the optical source module, the OCT engine comprising an OCT interferometer. The OCT apparatus still further includes a mode-switching optics module coupled to the OCT engine and comprising one or more swappable, selectable, or adjustable optical components, such that the mode-switching optics module is configured to selectively provide two or more optical configurations for the optical path between the OCT engine and an imaged object, according to two or more corresponding operating modes.

Reconfigurable optical coherence tomography (OCT) system

An optical coherence tomography (OCT) system and method for cross view imaging using at least two B-scan images transformed and coupled to each other at an angle to generate a cross view image.

Optical coherence tomography cross view imaging

Systems and methods for high-resolution, wide-angle viewing of a retina of an eye using an ophthalmic microscope that can view a high-resolution image of a retina formed using a wide field of view optical system. A wide field of view optical system can involve a first lens having a diffractive surface on at least one surface and a second lens housing in a shared housing. A wide field of view optical system can involve one or more lens formed from an optical grade polymer and manufactured at a cost that allows the lens to be disposable.

Wide field of view, high optical power disposable retina viewing system

A method of automatically detecting a retinal feature using an ophthalmic imaging system and automatically providing at least one of an audio, visual, and tactile indication of the detected retinal feature to a user.

Ophthalmic imaging system with automatic retinal feature detection

The present disclosure provides a visualization system for performing optimized optical coherence tomography (OCT) by determining the absolute distance between the OCT source and a sample. The present disclosure also provides a method for optimizing OCT, which includes determining an absolute distance between the OCT source and a sample using data relating to the focal length or position of an autofocus imager lens.

Visualization systems and methods for optimized optical coherence tomography

A method and system for extracting the zoom level of a microscope is disclosed. The method includes capturing a reference image; recording a first zoom level corresponding to a first magnification at which the reference image is captured; capturing a second image; determining a second zoom level by comparing the second image and the reference image, the second zoom level corresponding to a second magnification at which the second image is captured; and recording the second zoom level at a location accessible by a microscope application.

Extraction of microscope zoom level using object tracking

A Slit-lamp-or-Microscope-Integrated-OCT-Refractometer system includes an eye-visualization system, configured to provide a visual image of an imaged region in an eye; an Optical Coherence Tomographic (OCT) imaging system, configured to generate an OCT image of the imaged region; a refractometer, configured to generate a refractive mapping of the imaged region; and an analyzer, configured to determine refractive characteristics of the eye based on the OCT image and the refractive mapping, wherein the refractometer and the OCT imaging system are integrated into the eye visualization system.

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