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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kazunobu Kobayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128645 ; 128652 ;
Abstract
A non-contact type tonometer in which an air is sprayed on an eye to be examined to deform the cornea and measure the intraocular pressure of the eye to be examined. The tonometer is provided with a cylinder, a piston for compressing the air in the cylinder, a deformation detection system for detecting deformation of the cornea sprayed with the air, and a driving system for driving the piston and having a piston driving spring and a spring operation mechanism. When a measurement is performed, the force is accumulated in the spring, then released by the mechanism.