180 patents
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Surgical microscope with at least one beam path switching device
22 Nov 22
A surgical microscope for generating an image of an object region includes an eyepiece and an objective conjointly defining a viewing beam path, an image capturing device and a beam path switching device for out-coupling image information.
Andre Mueller, Daniel Kolster, Christian Beder, Thorsten Tritschler
Filed: 1 Oct 19
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Injector assembly for inserting an intraocular lens
22 Nov 22
Provided is an injector assembly, comprising: —an injector, which has a plunger and a cannula and is designed to move an intraocular lens through the cannula by means of a translational motion of the plunger; —a magnetic coupling; and—a drive unit, which has a first coupling half of the magnetic coupling, a motor, which is designed to drive the first coupling half into a first rotational motion, and a housing, within which the first coupling half and the motor are encapsulated and which has an annular housing portion, which delimits a channel having a circular cross-section.
Martin Kelp
Filed: 4 Jun 20
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Inspection of bonding quality of transparent materials using optical coherence tomography
15 Nov 22
An optical coherence tomography (OCT) system (63) is used to inspect bonding points (66A, 66B, 66C) sandwiched between two materials (layers 62, 64 of e.g. displays).
Michael Totzeck, Marcin B. Bauza, Jochen Straub, Muzammil Arain, Matthew J. Everett
Filed: 12 Jun 19
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Automated intraocular lens selection process
1 Nov 22
A surgery planning system obtains data from a doctor's questionnaire, patients questionnaire, EMR, and biometry unit.
Jeremiah Robert Elliott, Kyle Hunter Smith
Filed: 9 Nov 18
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Re-treatment for ophthalmic correction of refraction
18 Oct 22
A planning device generating control data for a treatment apparatus for refraction-correcting ophthalmic surgery is provided, said apparatus using a laser device to separate a corneal volume, which is to be removed for correction, from the surrounding cornea by at least one cut surface in the cornea of an eye, said planning device comprising an interface for receiving corneal data including information on pre-operative cuts which were generated in a previous ophthalmic operation, and computing means for defining a corneal cut surface which confines the corneal volume to be removed, said computing means defining the corneal cut surface on the basis of the corneal data and generating a control dataset for the corneal cut surface for control of the laser device.
Mark Bischoff, Dirk Muehlhoff, Gregor Stobrawa
Filed: 23 Mar 20
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Optical element and method of making an optical element
18 Oct 22
A method for producing an optical element having a main body with a first side surface, which has a first optical coating, and at least one second side surface, which is not plane-parallel to the first side surface and has a second optical coating, is proposed.
Christian Beder, Christoph Zaczek, Erwin Gaber, Diana Tonova, Michael Sundermann
Filed: 19 May 20
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Method of operating a surgical microscope and surgical microscope
4 Oct 22
A method of operating a surgical microscope includes detecting an amount of movement of a body portion of a user, and performing movements of a camera and changes in a magnification based on the detected movements of the body portion.
Fang You, David Dobbelstein, Stefan Saur
Filed: 17 May 21
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Context-sensitive white balancing for surgical microscopes
13 Sep 22
A computer-implemented method and a corresponding system for context-sensitive white balancing for a stereomicroscope are presented.
Abouzar Eslami, Corinna Maier-Matic, Thorsten Tritschler
Filed: 2 Dec 20
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Applicator for intraoperative radiotherapy
6 Sep 22
An applicator for intraoperative radiotherapy with low-energy X-ray radiation includes an applicator body, an air-permeable outer surface with a circumferential outer face and with a distal end, a receiving device which is arranged at a proximal end and with which the applicator can be secured to an X-ray irradiation device, and an inner recess which has an opening at the proximal end and into which an X-ray radiation source is insertable.
Helge Baumstark
Filed: 29 Sep 19
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Light source for a surgical microscope
30 Aug 22
A light source for a surgical microscope includes a laser light source, first and second scattering elements defining first and second planes, respectively, and a collector optical device arranged between the first and second scattering elements with a focal length and a focus in the first plane.
Martin Peschka, Peter Reimer
Filed: 26 Sep 19
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Device and method for producing control data for the surgical correction of defective eye vision
16 Aug 22
A device for producing control data for a laser device for the surgical correction of defective vision.
Gregor Stobrawa, Mark Bischoff, Michael Bergt
Filed: 14 Jan 19
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Systems and methods for improved ophthalmic imaging
16 Aug 22
An ophthalmic imaging system has a specialized graphical user interface GUI to convey information for manually adjusting control inputs to bring an eye into alignment with the device.
Gregory Anderson, Muzammil Arain, Keith Brock, Scott Chang, Matthew J. Everett, Zubir Khan, Archana Kolli, Priya Kulkarni, Benjamin Kwok, Conor Leahy, Gary Lee, Jennifer Luu, Pranav Malvania, David Nolan, Keith O'Hara, Sunny Virmani, Richard Orlowski
Filed: 10 Aug 18
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Machine learning system for identifying a state of a surgery, and assistance function
16 Aug 22
A method and a system for generating an assistance function for an ophthalmological surgery are presented.
Stefan Saur, Christoph Hauger
Filed: 10 Mar 21
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Method of operating a surgical microscope and surgical microscope
9 Aug 22
A method of operating a surgical microscope includes detecting a direction of gaze of a user and detecting an amount of a movement of a head of the user.
Fang You, David Dobbelstein, Stefan Saur
Filed: 31 Dec 19
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Microscopy system and method for operating the microscopy system
9 Aug 22
A microscopy system includes a microscope, a stand configured to mount the microscope and including a drive device configured to move the microscope, a detection device configured to detect a spatial position of a target fastened to a body part or to an instrument, wherein the position detection device includes the target with at least one marker element and an image capture device configured to optically capture the target.
Stefan Saur, Christian Voigt, Marco Wilzbach, Christoph Hauger
Filed: 25 Apr 19
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Device for reliably determining biometric measurement variables of the whole eye
2 Aug 22
A device for determining biometric variables of the eye, as are incorporated in the calculation of intraocular lenses including a multi-point keratometer and an OCT arrangement.
Ralf Ebersbach, Martin Hacker, Gerard Antkowiak, Peter Klopfleisch, Ferid Bajramovic, Tobias Bühren, Matthias Reich
Filed: 26 Jun 20
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Systems and methods for characterizing refraction with ophthalmic imaging systems
26 Jul 22
Ophthalmic imaging systems, particularly slit-scanning ophthalmo-scopes, are capable of characterizing refraction over the entire field of view of the system.
Matthew J. Everett, Alexandre R. Tumlinson, David J. Nolan, Conor Leahy, Keith O'Hara
Filed: 29 Mar 18
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Surgical microscope with stand and method for configuring a stand
19 Jul 22
A stand for a surgical microscope includes a digiscope and an imaging unit which are interconnected and mounted on an arm of the stand at a joint rotatably about an axis of rotation.
Joachim Steffen, Daniel Kolster, Andrè Mueller
Filed: 8 May 20
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Method and device for determining a property of an object
19 Jul 22
A method for determining a property of an object is disclosed, which includes: recording a first image of the object from a first direction; recording a second image of the object from a second direction; determining a first position in the first image, the first position representing a location of the object, and a second position in the second image, the second position representing the same location of the object, for a multiplicity of locations of the object; and calculating a value of an object property for each of the multiplicity of locations of the object.
Marco Wilzbach, Christoph Hauger, Stefan Saur
Filed: 16 Sep 19
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Applicator, applicator system and method for using an applicator with a radiotherapy device
12 Jul 22
The present disclosure lies in the field of medical radiotherapy and relates to an applicator for a medical radiotherapy device, an applicator system for a medical radiotherapy device and a method for using an applicator or an applicator system.
Frank Weigand
Filed: 27 Sep 20