Patent ID: 8747299

Claim:
A method of ophthalmologic analysis for evaluating the pathology of Schlemm's canal comprising the steps of: exposing portion of a lumen of the Schlemm's canal through an opened scleral flap generated by a scleral incision made in an eye, inserting into the lumen at least a flexible micro catheter which includes at least one optical light guide and a medium line for supplying a gaseous or liquid medium for dilating the lumen; injecting medium through the micro catheter into the lumen of the Schlemm's canal in circumferential direction under pressure to thereby dilate the lumen; illuminating the dilated lumen successively with light emitted from a light head of the optical light guide at an angle and collecting analog images and data by means of a camera from each cross section of the dilated lumen, from an inner wall of trabecular tissue and from veins for aqueous humor that are connected to the lumen, and transmitting the images and/or data to an outside monitor.