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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 13, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Asif Sharif, Tustin, CA (US);
Daniel R Peters, Houston, TX (US);
Keming Lu, Tustin, CA (US);
Sami El Hage, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Alcon Laboratories, Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
351246 ; 351206 ; 351212 ; 351247 ;
Abstract
A method for focusing a corneal topographer by determining the maximum intensity of a reflected light during a first focusing sweep and capturing the topographic image during a second sweep when the reflection intensity reaches the maximum intensity.