Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Non-contact ultrasonic tonometer
- Patent Title (中): 非接触式超声波眼压计
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Application No.: US12659617Application Date: 2010-03-15
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Publication No.: US08500638B2Publication Date: 2013-08-06
- Inventor: Masayuki Jinde , Tetsuyuki Miwa , Kenichiro Makino
- Applicant: Masayuki Jinde , Tetsuyuki Miwa , Kenichiro Makino
- Applicant Address: JP Gamagori-Shi
- Assignee: Nidek Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Nidek Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Gamagori-Shi
- Agency: Oliff & Berridge, PLC
- Priority: JP2009-087599 20090331; JP2009-222049 20090928; JP2009-281376 20091211
- Main IPC: A61B5/00
- IPC: A61B5/00

Abstract:
A non-contact ultrasonic tonometer for measuring an intraocular pressure of an examinee's eye in non-contact manner by use of an ultrasonic wave, comprises: an ultrasonic transducer including a transmitter which emits an ultrasonic transmission pulse wave to the eye and a receiver which detects an ultrasonic reflection pulse wave from the eye, the transducer being arranged to be placed in a position apart from the eye and to transmit and receive the pulse wave with respect to the eye through the medium of air; and a calculation part being arranged to obtain a peak amplitude level of the reflection pulse wave based on an output signal from the ultrasonic transducer and measure the intraocular pressure based on the obtained peak amplitude level.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100249569A1 Non-contact ultrasonic tonometer Public/Granted day:2010-09-30
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