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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2006
Ming Lai, Webster, NY (US);
Barry T. Eagan, Spencerport, NY (US);
Lloyd G. Allred, Rochester, NY (US);
Ming Lai, Webster, NY (US);
Barry T. Eagan, Spencerport, NY (US);
Lloyd G. Allred, Rochester, NY (US);
Bausch & Lomb Incorporated, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for determining a position of a subject's cornea, comprising a camera, a first illumination apparatus adapted to provide a first beam of light and a first diffuse portion of light that are coincident, and a second illumination apparatus adapted to provide a second beam of light and a second diffuse portion of light, that are coincident. In some embodiments, the first, second, third and fourth images are disposed on the midpoints of a square, when a cornea is located along an optical axis of camera.