Patent ID: 7802884

Claim:
A compact ocular fundus camera system, for imaging at least a portion of a fundus of an eye, comprising: a camera comprising: a camera housing having proximal and distal ends; a contact member, positioned at or distal to a distal end of the camera housing, a portion of the contact member being configured to contact at least a portion of a cornea of the eye, and wherein the contact member is substantially transmissive of light; an image detector module, located proximally with respect to the contact member, the image detector module being configured to acquire an image of at least a portion of the fundus and to output data indicative of the image; and an imaging lens, positioned between the contact member and the image detector module, the image lens directing the image to the image detector module; wherein the image detector module and the imaging lens are coupled to the camera housing; wherein at least one of the image detector module and the imaging lens is movable substantially along an optical axis of the camera; and wherein the image detector module is configured to acquire a plurality of images of the fundus as the at least one of the image detector module and the imaging lens is moved along the optical axis of the camera from a first position to a second position, each of the plurality of images corresponding to a predetermined location of the at least one of the image detector module and the imaging lens along the optical axis between the first position and the second position, wherein the predetermined locations are independent of information acquired from the eye being imaged.