TANDEM SCANNING OPTHALMOSCOPE--A PORTABLE RETINAL IMAGER

描述：提出了一种用于便携式(手持)的新设计 无活动部件的检眼镜。该仪器将包括 扫描激光检眼镜的共焦对比度增强 以及其作为诊断设备的扩展功能。这 物美价廉、重量轻的检眼镜旨在服务于市场 目前由直接检眼镜持有，并纳入市场 在大多数眼底相机中。凭借其便携性，Tandem 扫描检眼镜在床边，在儿科，在 急诊医学和兽医。所有的组件 这种新的检眼镜目前很容易买到， 因此，只有光学设计和实施需要在 第一阶段，到第二阶段，我们打算有一个可制造的仪器 直接在彩色(可见光)或伪彩色(红外线)模式下工作 (共焦)或间接(反共焦)模式，能够进行心理物理学 和荧光血管造影术，具有标准分辨率和ANSI 符合要求的灯光级别。显示器将在电视或计算机显示器上显示， 实时的。与扫描激光检眼镜的直接比较 它的变种是该提案的一部分。 建议的商业应用： 串联式扫描眼底镜预计将出售给同样 市场上的直接检眼镜也是如此。这包括初级保健 医生、急救医务人员以及兽医和研究人员 视网膜成像设备的用户。Lucid，Inc.可能会生产 该仪器通过适当的眼科供应商进行销售。 全球市场每年可能高达5000台，其价格 最终应该会低至几百美元。

DESCRIPTION: A novel design is proposed for a portable (hand-held) ophthalmoscope with no moving parts. The instrument will incorporate the confocal contrast enhancement of the scanning laser ophthalmoscope as well as its expanded functionality as a diagnostic device. This inexpensive, light-weight ophthalmoscope is intended to serve the market presently held by the direct ophthalmoscope, and to include the market of most fundus cameras. By virtue of its portability the tandem scanning ophthalmoscope will be useful at -bedside, in pediatrics, in emergency medicine and in veterinary medicine. All of the components of this -new ophthalmoscope are readily available at the present time, so that only the optical design and implementation need to be proven in Phase I. By Phase II we intend to have a manufacturable instrument working in color (visible) or pseudo-color (infrared), in direct (confocal) or indirect (anti-confocal) mode and capable of psychophysics and fluorescence angiography, with standard resolution and ANSI compliant light levels. The display will be on TV or computer monitor, in real time. Direct comparison to the scanning laser ophthalmoscope and its variants is a part of the proposal. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION: The Tandem Scanning Ophthalmoscope is expected to be sold to the same market as are direct ophthalmoscopes. That includes primary care physicians, emergency medical personnel and veterinary and research users of retinal imaging devices. Lucid, Inc. will probably manufacture the instrument for sale through appropriate ophthalmological suppliers. The market could be as much as 5,000 per year world wide, and the price should eventually be as low as a few hundreds of dollars.