Patent ID: 6315727
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
An improved apparatus for ultrasonically scanning the cornea of a human subject's eye by means of a transducer element that transmits ultrasonic waves through a liquid conducting medium in contact with the cornea and a receiver for plotting the reflected ultrasonic waves, the improvement comprising:a transducer housing for positioning the transducer in a fixed upwardly facing a vertically aligned position;a transducer mounted in said transducer housing;an upwardly opening eye cup mounted on the transducer housing for receiving the liquid conducting medium, the eye cup having an upper end forming a contact rim, the upper contact rim of the eye in facing upwardly to receive the surface of the subject's eye in touching alignment, the lower end of the eye cup configured to maintain operative contact between the transducer element and the liquid contents of the eye cup, whereby the subjects cornea and adjacent tissue is lowered into contact with the rim of the eye cup from a position directly above the eye cup.