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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 29, 2010
Applicants:

Christoph Russmann, Jena, DE;

Martin Hacker, Jena, DE;

Manfred Dick, Jena, DE;

Ingrid Hilger, Jena, DE;

Werner A. Kaiser, Jena, DE;

Inventors:

Christoph Russmann, Jena, DE;

Martin Hacker, Jena, DE;

Manfred Dick, Jena, DE;

Ingrid Hilger, Jena, DE;

Werner A. Kaiser, Jena, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/13 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0059 (2013.01); A61B 3/13 (2013.01); A61B 5/0066 (2013.01); A61B 5/4088 (2013.01); A61B 5/4064 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and devices for detecting deposits, in particular amyloid plaques, in the eye, in particular in the human eye. The subject is an optical method for detecting deposits, in particular β-amyloid, in the retina, which is locally resolved and wherein the local resolution is better than the layer thickness of individual layers of the retina. The invention includes a device for optically detecting β-amyloid in the retina, which generates a locally resolved image of the retina and wherein the local resolution is better than the layer thickness of individual layers of the retina.


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