Ophthalmic laser treatment apparatus
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Aug 20, 2013
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Jul 19, 2012
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Dec 27, 2011
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Dec 28, 2010
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Abstract
An ophthalmic laser treatment apparatus comprises: a main unit; a laser source; a hand-held cabinet; a laser delivery optical system for irradiating the laser beam in a predetermined irradiation pattern onto tissues of the patient's eye, the laser delivery optical system including: a fiber unit connecting the hand-held cabinet to the main unit; a scanner for deflecting an optical axis of the laser beam; and an image forming optical system for forming an image of the laser beam in the form of a spot on the tissues of the patient's eye; an irradiation pattern setting unit for setting an irradiation pattern of the treatment laser beam; a control unit for controlling drive of the scanner; and a beam combiner provided in the hand-held cabinet to make an observation optical path and an optical path of the laser delivery optical system coincident with each other.
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- 15 United States
- 10 France
- 8 Japan
- 7 China
- 5 Korea
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Patent Owner | Address | |
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NIDEK CO LTD | 34-14 MAEHAMA HIROSHI-CHO GAMAGORI AICHI |
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- 2011 Application Filing Year
- A61B Class
- 8515 Applications Filed
- 7347 Patents Issued To-Date
- 86.29 % Issued To-Date
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Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Yokosuka, Hiroki | Gamagori, JP | 3 | 49 |
# of filed Patents : 3 Total Citations : 49 |
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