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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2012
Naoto Honda, Okazaki, JP;
Michihiro Takii, Aichi, JP;
Naoto Honda, Okazaki, JP;
Michihiro Takii, Aichi, JP;
NIDEK CO., LTD., Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A corneal endothelial cell photographing apparatus comprises: a main unit including: an illumination optical system for illuminating illumination light from an illumination light source toward a cornea of an examinee's eye from an oblique direction; an imaging optical system for obtaining a corneal endothelial cell image by receiving, through an imaging element, reflection light from the cornea including corneal endothelial cells; and a fixation optical system including a plurality of fixation targets and for guiding a fixation direction of the examinee's eye; a drive unit to relatively move the main unit with respect to the examinee's eye; a serial photographing unit to obtain endothelial images in series at different photographing positions in previously set up-and-down and right-and-left directions; and a monitor to display the obtained endothelial image.