US 11,911,102 B2
Ophthalmologic apparatus
John Thomas Trefethen, Bellingham, WA (US); Thomas Nuzzo, San Francisco, CA (US); Akira Mizuno, Tokyo (JP); Shigeru Okikawa, Tokyo (JP); and Yuta Suzuki, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Topcon Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Topcon Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 13, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/069,753.
Prior Publication US 2022/0110517 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 3/00 (2006.01); A61B 3/028 (2006.01); A61B 3/103 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 3/0083 (2013.01) [A61B 3/028 (2013.01); A61B 3/103 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ophthalmologic apparatus for examining an eye of a subject, the apparatus comprising:
a forehead contact portion coming into contact with a forehead of the subject; and
a cheek contact portion coming into contact with cheeks of the subject, wherein
the cheek contact portion has:
a first cheek-contact body that supports one of the cheeks of the subject;
a second cheek-contact body that supports the other one of the cheeks of the subject; and
a geared opening/closing portion that opens and closes in a horizontal direction, the first cheek-contact body and the second cheek-contact body in a direction of coming close to each other and a direction of separating from each other, wherein
the first cheek-contact body has a first shaft portion and a first contact member, the first contact member being fixed to a tip of the first shaft portion and coming into contact with the one of the cheeks,
the second cheek-contact body has a second shaft portion and a second contact member, the second contact member being fixed to a tip of the second shaft portion and coming into contact with the other one of the cheeks,
the geared opening/closing portion has a horizontal even opening/closing mechanism which can open and close the first cheek-contact body and the second cheek-contact body at an angle equal on left and right sides in the horizontal direction with respect to an axis in a vertical direction as a center, and
the horizontal even opening/closing mechanism has a first rotating body and a second rotating body, the first rotating body being supported so as to be rotatable about the axis in the vertical direction as the center and having the first shaft portion fixed along a diametrical direction, the second rotating body meshing with the first rotating body, being supported so as to be rotatable about the axis in the vertical direction as the center and having the second shaft Portion fixed along the diametrical direction.