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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2011
Applicants:
Alan Boate, Ottawa, CA;
Jeremy Lloyd Gribben, Ottawa, CA;
David Alexander Kahn, Ottawa, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Annidis Health Systems Corp., Ottawa, Ontario, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/14 (2006.01); A61B 3/10 (2006.01); A61B 3/00 (2006.01); A61B 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/0008 (2013.01); A61B 3/1241 (2013.01); A61B 3/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for imaging the choroid. The method comprises indirectly illuminating the choroid of an eye using incident light having a wavelength spectrum in the near-infrared region; and collecting the light passing out through the choroid and the pupil of the eye using an image sensor to obtain an image of the choroid.