Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical instrument for biomechanical diagnosis of eye disease
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Application No.: US15008206Application Date: 2016-01-27
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Publication No.: US09655514B2Publication Date: 2017-05-23
- Inventor: Klaus Vogler , Christian Wuellner
- Applicant: Wavelight GmbH
- Applicant Address: CH
- Assignee: NOVARTIS AG
- Current Assignee: NOVARTIS AG
- Current Assignee Address: CH
- Priority: WOPCT/EP2015/052079 20150202
- Main IPC: A61B3/14
- IPC: A61B3/14 ; A61B3/10 ; A61B5/00 ; G01N21/63 ; A61B3/107

Abstract:
A method and system for performing biomechanical diagnosis of eye disease may include a Brillouin light source to generate a Brillouin sample beam, and a second harmonic generation (SHG) light source to generate an SHG sample beam. Both the Brillouin sample beam and the SHG sample beam may be coincidentally directed to a biological tissue sample in a confocal manner to a focus position. Brillouin scattering resulting from the Brillouin sample beam may be detected to determine an elastomechanical property and a viscoelastic property of the sample. SHG scattering resulting from the SHG sample beam may be detected to determine an indication of a morphological structure of the sample. The sample may be an in vivo human cornea.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160220110A1 OPTICAL INSTRUMENT FOR BIOMECHANICAL DIAGNOSIS OF EYE DISEASE Public/Granted day:2016-08-04
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