Patents by Inventor Jochen M. M. Horn

Jochen M. M. Horn 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: 9427151
    Abstract: Systems and methods for expanding the field-of-view of ophthalmic scanning devices are presented. An ophthalmic scanning device is designed such that the pivot point of the scanning optics is maintained at a fixed location in the pupil while the scanning optics are rotated about the eye to obtain imaging data over an increased field-of-view than can be achieved by the scanning optics alone. The rotation can be achieved using a singular rotational motion of the scanning optics about a rotational axes coincident with the scanning pivot point or can be achieved using a combination of rotational motion with a second motion either rotational or translational to maintain the scanning pivot point at the fixed location. Embodiments related to optical coherence tomography and scanning laser ophthalmoscopy are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: CARL ZEISS MEDITEC, INC.
    Inventors: Jochen M. M. Horn, Andre Malz, Christopher J. R. V. Baker, Oliver Wirth
  • Publication number: 20150124219
    Abstract: Systems and methods for expanding the field-of-view of ophthalmic scanning devices are presented. An ophthalmic scanning device is designed such that the pivot point of the scanning optics is maintained at a fixed location in the pupil while the scanning optics are rotated about the eye to obtain imaging data over an increased field-of-view than can be achieved by the scanning optics alone. The rotation can be achieved using a singular rotational motion of the scanning optics about a rotational axes coincident with the scanning pivot point or can be achieved using a combination of rotational motion with a second motion either rotational or translational to maintain the scanning pivot point at the fixed location. Embodiments related to optical coherence tomography and scanning laser ophthalmoscopy are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Jochen M.M. HORN, Andre MALZ, Christopher J.R.V. BAKER, Oliver WIRTH
  • Patent number: 8960903
    Abstract: Systems and methods for expanding the field-of-view of ophthalmic scanning devices are presented. An ophthalmic scanning device is designed such that the pivot point of the scanning optics is maintained at a fixed location in the pupil while the scanning optics are rotated about the eye to obtain imaging data over an increased field-of-view than can be achieved by the scanning optics alone. The rotation can be achieved using a singular rotational motion of the scanning optics about a rotational axes coincident with the scanning pivot point or can be achieved using a combination of rotational motion with a second motion either rotational or translational to maintain the scanning pivot point at the fixed location. Embodiments related to optical coherence tomography and scanning laser ophthalmoscopy are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.
    Inventors: Jochen M. M. Horn, Andre Malz, Christopher J. R. V. Baker, Oliver Wirth
  • Patent number: 8427654
    Abstract: An optical coherence tomography device is disclosed for improved imaging. Reduced levels of speckle in the images generated by the device are obtained by forming a B-scan from a plurality of A-scans, wherein each resolution cell of the B-scan is generated through compounding of a subset of the A-scans and wherein at least some of the subset of A-scans are separated by at least half the diameter of a speckle cell both tangent to and orthogonal to the B-scan at that cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.
    Inventors: Jochen M. M. Horn, Yue Qiu
  • Publication number: 20120274900
    Abstract: Systems and methods for expanding the field-of-view of ophthalmic scanning devices are presented. An ophthalmic scanning device is designed such that the pivot point of the scanning optics is maintained at a fixed location in the pupil while the scanning optics are rotated about the eye to obtain imaging data over an increased field-of-view than can be achieved by the scanning optics alone. The rotation can be achieved using a singular rotational motion of the scanning optics about a rotational axes coincident with the scanning pivot point or can be achieved using a combination of rotational motion with a second motion either rotational or translational to maintain the scanning pivot point at the fixed location. Embodiments related to optical coherence tomography and scanning laser ophthalmoscopy are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.
    Inventors: Jochen M.M. HORN, Andre MALZ, Christopher J.R.V. BAKER, Oliver WIRTH
  • Publication number: 20120140238
    Abstract: An optical coherence tomography device is disclosed for improved imaging. Reduced levels of speckle in the images generated by the device are obtained by forming a B-scan from a plurality of A-scans, wherein each resolution cell of the B-scan is generated through compounding of a subset of the A-scans and wherein at least some of the subset of A-scans are separated by at least half the diameter of a speckle cell both tangent to and orthogonal to the B-scan at that cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.
    Inventors: Jochen M.M. Horn, Yue Qiu
  • Patent number: 7456957
    Abstract: A compact conical diffraction Littrow spectrometer is disclosed. The distortion of the conically diffracted spectral component beams is compensated and as a result, the diffracted spectral beams can still be focused into a substantially straight line to shine onto a detector array. A spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) system incorporating a Littrow spectrometer or a spectrometer having one or more shared focusing element(s) and an SD-OCT system incorporating a spectrometer that is substantially polarization independent are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew J. Everett, Yan Zhou, Jochen M. M. Horn, Keith O'Hara, James P. Foley
  • Patent number: 7342659
    Abstract: A spectral-domain optical coherence tomography system using a cross-dispersed spectrometer is disclosed. The interfered optical signal is dispersed by a grating into several orders of diffraction, and these orders of diffraction are separated by an additional dispersive optical element. The spectral interferogram is recorded by a set of linear detector arrays, or by a two-dimensional detector array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.
    Inventors: Jochen M. M. Horn, Keith E. O'Hara