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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 11, 2015
Applicant:

Cellview Imaging, Inc., Toronto, CA;

Inventors:

Mark Hathaway, Canterbury, GB;

Rishard Weitz, Toronto, CA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/00 (2006.01); A61B 3/12 (2006.01); A61B 3/00 (2006.01); A61B 3/10 (2006.01); G02B 26/10 (2006.01); G02B 26/08 (2006.01); G02B 27/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/1225 (2013.01); A61B 3/0008 (2013.01); A61B 3/1025 (2013.01); G02B 26/0808 (2013.01); G02B 26/0816 (2013.01); G02B 26/106 (2013.01); G02B 27/4227 (2013.01);
Abstract

In line-scan scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (SLO) a narrowband of wavelengths is required. For greater flexibility the frequencies of this narrowband should be selectable. This is possible using a broadband tunable single mode source, but such a solution is expensive. A system is provided in which an extended broadband source is used. Light from the extended source passes to a diffraction grating, which introduces a wavelength dependent angular separation when reflecting the light. By rotating the diffraction grating, only light of a selectable narrowband passes through a fixed output slit for use by the line-scan SLO system. Alternatively, the diffraction grating can be fixed and a rotatable mirror lying between the diffraction grating and the output slit can be used to select the wavelengths reaching the line-scan SLO system.


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