Abstract: A method and apparatus for early detection and classification of retinal pathologies, especially glaucoma and macular edema. The method comprises; (a) illuminating predetermined locations on the retina; (b) receiving light returning from predetermined locations; (c) generating a series of primary graphs corresponding to the light intensity with respect to retinal depth of predetermined locations on the retina; (d) separating the component curves of said graphs; (e) analyzing said component curves to produce data including data corresponding to the front slope and/or the back slope, and/or the area of at least one of said component curves; (f) comparing said data to analogous pre-specified data.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sterile disposable and self adaptable diagnostic lens for the purpose of viewing the interior of a patient's eye during a diagnostic examination or during therapeutic procedures. The contact lens is made of a hollow body, having a front (toward eye) and a back (toward physician) exits, filled with transparent flexible material such as a gel. The front exit, facing the eye, is covered by a removable thin film, to keep the gel in place and to keep sterility. The back exit is sealed by a thin transparent window, through which light enters into and comes out of the lens, and can be flat, curved, prismatic or tilted with respect to the main axial axis of the lens. Attaching the front face of the lens to the patient's eye, after removing said film, causes the transparent flexible material outer surface to reshape and fit itself exactly to the patient's eye curvature, thus forming a lens whose curvature negates that of the cornea.

Abstract: An apparatus for acquiring, analyzing and imaging retinal reflected data, comprises a combination of at least one digital fundus camera (11, 12, 49, 50) and a Retinal Thickness Analyzer (RTA) (18). Using common optical, electrical and mechanical components, including an optical combiner unit (64, 80), allows for a peripheral illumination and centered image acquisition of the eye fundus by a fundus-camera, together with a lateral slit-illumination for sensing the retinal thickness by an off-center slit-camera (42).

Abstract: Disclosed is a three dimensional imaging scanning apparatus for retinal thickness and structure non-invasive analysis. The apparatus includes an optical path having a light source, common focusing optic and beam deflector for both incident and reflected beams going to and returning from the retina of an eye, and an imaging device. The apparatus further includes separate optical paths for imaging the fundus and iris of the eye. The speckles caused by retina non-uniformity can be removed by vibrating the common beam deflector during the image acquisition time. An eye model is obtained by spatially integrating images of the retina, the fundus and the iris.