Patent ID: 11857259
Assignee: SCINTELLITE, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 8:
9. An apparatus, comprising:
a processing system including a user interface;
an eye measurement system including an optical system, wherein the eye measurement system is configured to make at least one optical measurement of an eye of a subject;
a housing having the eye measurement system disposed therein, wherein the housing includes an aperture for providing light to and from the optical system and the eye while the subject is separated and spaced apart from the housing and while the eye is not maintained in a fixed positional relationship with respect to the housing;
an optical system movement arrangement which is configured to move the optical system; and
an automatic eye tracking arrangement which is configured to ascertain a current positional relationship of the eye with respect to the optical system without a presence of an ophthalmic technician in an examination room where the apparatus is disposed, and in response thereto to control the optical system movement arrangement to move the optical system into a predetermined positional relationship with respect to the eye without a presence of an ophthalmic technician in the examination room,
wherein the eye measurement system includes:
at least one objective refractive measurement device which is configured to make an objective refraction measurement of the eye via the optical system,
a target, and
a mirror system disposed in an optical path between the eye and the target for extending a length of the optical path, wherein the optical path further comprises at least one optical element of the optical system, and

wherein the processing system is configured to interact with the subject via the user interface and in response to the interaction to adjust at least one parameter of the optical system to make a subjective refraction measurement of the eye based on the subject viewing the target.