US 12,004,812 B2
System and method of illumination of structures within an eye
Gary P. Gray, Orlando, FL (US); Rudolph W. Frey, Maitland, FL (US); Richard Ty Olmstead, Oviedo, FL (US); Steven E. Bott, Oviedo, FL (US); and James Strobel, Titusville, FL (US)
Assigned to Lensar, Inc., Orlando, FL (US)
Filed by Lensar, Inc., Orlando, FL (US)
Filed on May 31, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/334,851.
Application 17/334,851 is a continuation of application No. 16/104,964, filed on Aug. 20, 2018, granted, now 11,019,999.
Application 16/104,964 is a continuation of application No. 15/013,360, filed on Feb. 2, 2016, granted, now 10,052,020, issued on Aug. 21, 2018.
Application 15/013,360 is a continuation of application No. 14/335,187, filed on Jul. 18, 2014, granted, now 9,271,645, issued on Mar. 1, 2016.
Application 14/335,187 is a continuation of application No. 13/273,653, filed on Oct. 14, 2011, granted, now 8,801,186, issued on Aug. 12, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/455,178, filed on Oct. 15, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2022/0087526 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 3/14 (2006.01); A61B 3/00 (2006.01); A61B 3/08 (2006.01); A61B 3/10 (2006.01); A61B 3/107 (2006.01); A61B 3/117 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 3/14 (2013.01) [A61B 3/0025 (2013.01); A61B 3/08 (2013.01); A61B 3/1025 (2013.01); A61B 3/107 (2013.01); A61B 3/1173 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0223 (2013.01); A61B 2576/02 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for creating a representation of a structure of an eye, the system comprising:
a. a image device comprising an image plane;
b. a memory containing data mapping a relationship between a plurality of points in a three dimensional volume of space and the image plane; wherein the three dimensional volume of space is positioned to contain a structure of the eye;
c. an illumination source for illuminating the structure of the eye in the three dimensional volume of space;
d. a processor; and,
e. the image device, the memory and the processor configured to create an enhanced digital single representation of the structure of the eye.