Patent ID: 11857260
Assignee: VERILY LIFE SCIENCES LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising:
a light source configured to emit light during an imaging process;
an objective lens (i) through which the light exits the imaging apparatus for illumination of a retina of an eye and (ii) at which to collect light reflected by the eye;
an internal lens having an optical axis defined therethrough along which the reflected light is directed toward a capturing medium;
an optical stop controllably positionable along a vertical plane between the internal lens and the capturing medium,
wherein the vertical plane intersects but is substantially orthogonal to the optical axis of the internal lens;

a mechanism operable to reposition the optical stop along the vertical plane in an automated manner without requiring input from an operator; and
a controller, coupled to the mechanism, configured to adaptively reposition the optical stop responsive to a determination that the eye has moved during the imaging process, so as to align the optical stop with the eye without moving the imaging apparatus, thereby ensuring that the reflected light that passes through the optical stop falls on the capturing medium.