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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
May. 31, 2011
Applicants:
Kazunari Shimizu, Aichi, JP;
Hiroyuki Hiramatsu, Aichi, JP;
Inventors:
Kazunari Shimizu, Aichi, JP;
Hiroyuki Hiramatsu, Aichi, JP;
Assignee:
Nidek Co., Ltd., Aichi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/14 (2006.01); A61B 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An ophthalmic apparatus for guiding positioning an intraocular lens for astigmatism correction, includes: an obtaining unit for obtaining an anterior segment image of a patient's eye and an astigmatic axis of a patient's cornea; a feature point designating unit for defining a feature point of an iris or a sclera on the anterior segment image; and a display control unit for superimposing and displaying a gauge image that models a cornea gauge and an axis that represents the astigmatic axis of the cornea on the anterior segment image.