Patent SG-11201908109W-A (SG)
Title: Ophthalmic imaging apparatus and system
Inventor: JAIPRAKASH ANJALI
IPC: A61B3/12
Filed: 2018-03-29
Abstract: 1-1 1-1 O N 1-1 00 O r•i C (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 04 October 2018 (04.10.2018) W I PO I PCT ~~ll~~~~~~~~ 011101010VIIIOH olo olomim Houma° ow (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/176104 Al (51) International Patent Classification: A61B 3/12 (2006.01) A61B 3/14 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/AU2018/050300 (22) International Filing Date: 29 March 2018 (29.03.2018) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 2017901153 30 March 2017 (30.03.2017) AU (71) Applicant: QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECH- NOLOGY [AU/AU]; c/- Michael Buck IP, PO Box 78, Red Hill, Brisbane, Queensland 4059 (AU). (72) Inventors: JAIPRAKASH, Anjali; c/- Michael Buck IP, PO Box 78, Red Hill, Brisbane, Queensland 4059 (AU). PALMER, Douglas; c/- Michael Buck IP, PO Box 78, Red Hill, Brisbane, Queensland 4059 (AU). DANSEREAU, Donald Gilbert; c/- Michael Buck IP, PO Box 78, Red Hill, Brisbane, Queensland 4059 (AU). COPPIN, Thomas; c/- Michael Buck IP, PO Box 78, Red Hill, Brisbane, Queens- land 4059 (AU). RANA, Krishan; c/- Michael Buck IP, PO Box 78, Red Hill, Brisbane, Queensland 4059 (AU). ROBERTS, Jonathan; c/- Michael Buck IP, PO Box 78, Red Hill, Brisbane, Queensland 4059 (AU). CRAWFORD, Ross; c/- Michael Buck IP, PO Box 78, Red Hill, Brisbane, Queensland 4059 (AU). (74) Agent: MICHAEL BUCK IP; PO Box 78, Red Hill, Bris- bane, 4059 (AU). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, (54) Title: OPHTHALMIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM ---100 FIGURE 1 (57) : An ophthalmic imaging apparatus comprising: an illumination light source and an optical assembly for directing light from the light source into an eye of a subject;a photo sensor array comprising a plurality of photosensors positioned for acquiring images of portions of a fundus of the eye; an objective lens positioned along an imaging axis intersecting a point on the fundus of the eye wherein the objective lens is positioned for refracting light that has been reflected by the fundus to form an image of the fundus on an image plane of the objective lens such that the image plane is positioned away from the photosensor array; and a microlens array comprising a plurality of microlenses wherein the microlens array is spaced away from and positioned behind the image plane and wherein the microlens array is positioned in between the image plane and the photosensor array such that each microlens in the array projects a different view of the image formed at the image plane thereby forming an array of elemental images on the photosensor array. [Continued on next page] WO 2018/176104 Al IMEDIMOM0101011M1E13010MEMMIIMMEMOIMIE DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) with amended claims and statement (Art. 19(1))