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Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022

Filed:

May. 02, 2017
Applicant:

Carl Zeiss Meditec Ag, Jena, DE;

Inventor:

Adolf Friedrich Fercher, Weissensee, AT;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/10 (2006.01); A61B 3/10 (2006.01); A61B 3/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/111 (2013.01); A61B 3/0091 (2013.01); A61B 3/1005 (2013.01); G02B 27/106 (2013.01);
Abstract

Measurement of intraocular lengths by dual-beam Fourier low-coherence interferometry on the basis of Fresnel-zone-type space-time domain interferograms of the Purkinje-Sanson reflexes. The eye is illuminated by parallel, monochromatic dual beams having wavelengths which differ in temporal sequence. Wavelength spectra of space-time domain interferograms are imaged onto a photodetector array and registered. Viewing direction and position of the eye are fixed by optical aids and are monitored by acoustic and optical aids. A zoom optical unit in the output beam of the ophthalmological interferometer makes it possible, by simple focusing, to image virtual Fresnel-zone-type space-time domain interferograms from contrast-optimized positions onto the photodetector array or onto an image intensifier that is arranged in front of the photodetector array such that the position-dependent size change of the space-time domain interferograms is compensated by the scale change of this imaging.


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