Patents by Inventor Guenter Link

Guenter Link has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7753522
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method and a device for opthalmological equipment for examining the fundus of the eye by means of an optical system and electronic sensors for image recording. The focusing device, according to the invention, for opthalmological equipment based on the nonmydriatic principle comprises a projection unit which projects at least one focusing mark in the infrared spectral region on a surface in the eye and a focusing unit, both of which are displaceable along the optical axis. The displacement carried out by electronically controllable adjusting elements is carried out simultaneously or individually based on the corresponding presets of a control unit that is provided. The necessary synchronization between the projection unit and the focusing unit can be ensured in a simple manner by means of the inventive solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Guenter Link, Detlef Biernat
  • Publication number: 20080030681
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method and a device for opthalmological equipment for examining the fundus of the eye by means of an optical system and electronic sensors for image recording. The focusing device, according to the invention, for opthalmological equipment based on the nonmydriatic principle comprises a projection unit which projects at least one focusing mark in the infrared spectral region on a surface in the eye and a focusing unit, both of which are displaceable along the optical axis. The displacement carried out by electronically controllable adjusting elements is carried out simultaneously or individually based on the corresponding presets of a control unit that is provided. The necessary synchronization between the projection unit and the focusing unit can be ensured in a simple manner by means of the inventive solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2006
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Inventors: Guenter Link, Detlef Biernat
  • Patent number: 6252696
    Abstract: A subassembly for generating an optically active slit with a changeable slit width s, preferably for slit lamps, with two slit jaws which are displaceable relative to one another at a straight-line guide and between which the slit is formed, wherein one of two guide paths is allocated to each slit jaw. In a subassembly for generating an optically active slit, the guide paths are formed at portions of a guide rail which project out freely in the displacement directions of the slit jaws from a clamping position which is fixed with respect to the frame. The guide rail can accordingly expand without hindrance in the displacement direction under the influence of temperature without the parallelism of the slit being affected thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH
    Inventors: Ingo Koschmieder, Guenter Link, Dietmar Steinmetz, Egon Luther