Patent ID: 8567948

Claim:
A device for the examination of the eye fundus and the photoreceptors in the human eye, comprising: an illumination optical path, including first optical components for beam forming and/or guidance and at least one illumination unit that provides a continuous and a flash illumination; an observation and imaging optical path, including second optical components for beam forming and/or guidance, a magnification modification device and a beam splitter that splits the observation and imaging optical path in the direction of oculars and in the direction of an imaging sensor; an optical grid located in a plane, which is conjugated with regard to the object plane and located in the observation and imaging optical path, the optical grid being pivotable to various positions, movement of the optical grid being synchronized with the illumination unit functioning as flash illumination; and wherein the device maps a quick succession of images of the fundus of the eye at various positions of the grid onto the imaging sensor and transmits the images to an evaluation unit.