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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:
Dec. 14, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gregg D. Niven, Kaysville, UT (US);
Timothy N. Turner, West Jordan, UT (US);
Assignee:
Bausch & Lomb Incorporated, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/14 ; A61B 3/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/14 ; A61B 3/10 ;
Abstract
A system ( ) for measuring a diameter of a limbus of an eye ( ). An image recorder ( ) is at a known location apart from the eye and records an illuminated limbus image. An illumination source ( ) at a known location relative to the image recorder ( ) illuminates the limbus. A computer device ( ) connected to the image recorder ( ) determines the diameter of the limbus from the recorded illuminated limbus image.