Patent ID: 9737204
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: A61B,G02B

Claim:
1. An apparatus for imaging the retina of an eye comprising: at least one light source adapted to provide collimated light from a plurality of origin points, and wherein collimated light from each origin point is directed radially towards a centre point, the origin points and the centre point lying in a single plane, the collimated light from each origin point provided by a respective collimating lens associated with the origin point, a plurality of light detectors, each light detector being associated with one origin point and the respective collimating lens associated with the origin point and being adapted to detect light originating from its associated origin point and reflected from the retina at a point in said plane, the light reflected from the retina passing through the collimating lens associated with the light detector towards the light detector, and wherein the apparatus is adapted such that the centre point is arranged substantially coincident with the pupillary point of the eye, such that collimated light is transmitted from each origin point along an optical path between the origin point and the pupillary point through the pupillary point of the eye to illuminate the retina and reflected back, along at least a portion of the same respective optical path between the pupillary point and the origin point, to the respective light detector associated with the respective origin point to produce an image of the retina.