Patents by Inventor Hiroki YOKOSUKA

Hiroki YOKOSUKA 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: 9078595
    Abstract: An ophthalmic laser treatment apparatus includes a light interference optical unit, an irradiation unit, a luminance transition information detecting unit, a focused state detecting unit, and a guide unit. The light interference optical unit is configured to acquire a depth profile of a patient's eye tissue. The luminance transition information detecting unit is configured to control a first focus position adjusting unit to shift a focus position of a measurement light to acquire a depth profile in each focus position. The focused state detecting unit is configured to detect a focused state in the patient's eye tissue based on luminance transition information acquired by the luminance transition information detecting unit. The guide unit is configured to guide a focus position of a laser beam to be adjusted based on a result of detection of the focused state detecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Yokosuka, Tokio Ueno, Naho Murakami, Seiji Taki, Koichi Ito
  • Publication number: 20130261612
    Abstract: An ophthalmic laser treatment apparatus includes a light interference optical unit, an irradiation unit, a luminance transition information detecting unit, a focused state detecting unit, and a guide unit. The light interference optical unit is configured to acquire a depth profile of a patient's eye tissue. The luminance transition information detecting unit is configured to control a first focus position adjusting unit to shift a focus position of a measurement light to acquire a depth profile in each focus position. The focused state detecting unit is configured to detect a focused state in the patient's eye tissue based on luminance transition information acquired by the luminance transition information detecting unit. The guide unit is configured to guide a focus position of a laser beam to be adjusted based on a result of detection of the focused state detecting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki YOKOSUKA, Tokio UENO, Naho MURAKAMI, Seiji TAKI, Koichi ITO
  • Patent number: 8512319
    Abstract: An ophthalmic laser treatment apparatus comprises: a main unit; a laser source; a hand-held cabinet; a laser delivery optical system for irradiating the laser beam in a predetermined irradiation pattern onto tissues of the patient's eye, the laser delivery optical system including: a fiber unit connecting the hand-held cabinet to the main unit; a scanner for deflecting an optical axis of the laser beam; and an image forming optical system for forming an image of the laser beam in the form of a spot on the tissues of the patient's eye; an irradiation pattern setting unit for setting an irradiation pattern of the treatment laser beam; a control unit for controlling drive of the scanner; and a beam combiner provided in the hand-held cabinet to make an observation optical path and an optical path of the laser delivery optical system coincident with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Nidek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroki Yokosuka
  • Publication number: 20120184857
    Abstract: An ophthalmic laser treatment apparatus comprises: a main unit; a laser source; a hand-held cabinet; a laser delivery optical system for irradiating the laser beam in a predetermined irradiation pattern onto tissues of the patient's eye, the laser delivery optical system including: a fiber unit connecting the hand-held cabinet to the main unit; a scanner for deflecting an optical axis of the laser beam; and an image forming optical system for forming an image of the laser beam in the form of a spot on the tissues of the patient's eye; an irradiation pattern setting unit for setting an irradiation pattern of the treatment laser beam; a control unit for controlling drive of the scanner; and a beam combiner provided in the hand-held cabinet to make an observation optical path and an optical path of the laser delivery optical system coincident with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroki YOKOSUKA
  • Publication number: 20110245817
    Abstract: An ophthalmic laser treatment apparatus for treating a patient's eye, including: a binocular microscopic optical system; a treatment laser source; an optical fiber; an irradiation optical system, the irradiation optical system including: a zoom optical system including a zoom lens movable along an optical axis of the irradiation optical system; a scanner; an aperture plate placed on an optical path between the zoom optical system and the scanner, the aperture plate including an aperture; an image forming optical system including an image forming lens; and a reflection mirror placed at a center between right and left optical paths of the binocular microscopic optical system; a controller for controlling driving of the scanner based on an irradiation pattern in which a plurality of the irradiation spots of the treatment beam are arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki YOKOSUKA, Koshu TAJITSU, Shinichi MATSUURA