Abstract: In a warming apparatus for warming the contents of a foodstuff container, a barrier member is disposed at least in part within the interior space of a housing of the apparatus and includes a generally tubular barrier wall extending longitudinally within the housing and defining a warming compartment therein. The barrier wall has a lower end and an open upper end accessible through an open upper end of the housing for receiving the foodstuff container into the warming compartment. The barrier wall is resiliently flexible at least transversely of the barrier member. A reservoir is disposed in the housing for containing a warming liquid. A heating unit is in fluid communication with the reservoir. The heating unit is operable to receive warming liquid from the reservoir and heat the warming liquid for supplying heated warming liquid into the warming compartment to warm the contents of the foodstuff container.

Abstract: A countertop roaster is configured for stacked or apparatus for multilevel cooking of food. The roaster has a first housing having a first sidewall surrounding a first cooking cavity and a a second housing having a bottom surface extending to a second sidewall surrounding a second cooking cavity. The roaster is configured for use with the first housing alone, or in a stacked configuration with a second housing atop the first housing where different foods can be cooked respectively in said first cooking cavity and said second cooking cavity with heat communicated from an electric heating element in said first housing.

Abstract: A Mongolian griddle assembly includes a housing including an annular wall and a cylindrical griddle plate disposed horizontally on the annular wall. The cylindrical griddle plate includes a first surface configured to support one or more food items and a second surface opposing the first surface. Projections are disposed on the second surface and extend from the second surface. A heat source is disposed within the housing and below the second surface such that heat generated by the heat source is transferred to the cylindrical griddle plate through the second surface.

Abstract: This invention provides a portable combustion device that provides a cleaner combustion, provides a more efficient overall combustion through the use of a fan that directs a predetermined volume of airflow over the combustible fuel—typically wood or similar cellulose-based biological solids and provides a cooking surface that is a grill top. The combustion device has a combustion chamber into which the fuel source is placed for combustion. Mounted to the side of the combustion chamber is a housing that encloses the TEG, which generates an electrical output, based on a difference in temperature on opposing sides. Mounted onto the TEG housing and protruding into the combustion chamber through a small passageway is a heat-conducting probe and heat-conducting probe base unit.

Abstract: A cooking grill combination has a grill assembly, a grill assembly grease tray and a disposable grease tray. The grill assembly has a cooking grill adapted for grilling food stuffs. The grill assembly grease tray is disposed below the cooking grill in a grill assembly grease tray reservoir for accepting and retaining cooking grease dripping off of food stuffs being cooked on the cooking grill. The disposable grease tray is sized and dimensioned to be retained within the grill assembly grease tray reservoir such it accepts and retains cooking grease dripping off of meats or other food stuffs being cooked while preventing such cooking grease dripping off of meats or other food stuffs from accumulating on the grill assembly grease tray. The disposable grease tray is adapted to be lifted out of the grill assembly grease tray reservoir without spilling grease accumulated within the disposable grease tray.

Abstract: A container assembly has a soft-sided insulated wall structure. It has one or more internal chambers in which to place objects to be kept cool or warm. A first closure member governs access to the container assembly. The wall structure includes one or more accommodations in which to place a warming or cooling element, such as an ice pack. The accommodations in the outside walls are externally accessible without opening the main chamber, and have their own closure, and may be insulated. The inside is a thin web through which to transfer heat. An internal partition divides the container assembly into two chambers. The partition may have a thermal storage element. The container may be a collapsible foldable bag; a tote bag; back pack or a non-collapsible lunch box. The thermal storage elements may have a flat disk shape. The disks slide sideways into place in the respective accommodations.

Abstract: Embodiments teaching appliance base constructions which increase stability, using both static and dynamic base extending elements. Methods to enhance coloring of the fried foods. Food support structures which utilize two-hand manipulation to increase safety and control. Removable handle construction, which decreases storage space. Peripheral feet on appliance base, to increase safety and stability. Various means for securing unitary food items, including fowl, during cooking. Structures which help prevent accidental deep fryer oil overflow onto supporting surfaces. Lid constructions, which keep a lid in place to protect the user, even while loading oversized, vertically extending foods. Food drainage opening assist device, to help drain fowl cavities after deep frying. Collapsible food support devices, used for cooking, serving, carving, and other purposes. Movable partitions within a food support, to compartmentalize, contain, cap, and space apart foods being cooked.

Abstract: A utensil for opening and extracting food from a container includes an elongated handle having a first end and a second end. The utensil further includes a pliant blade including one or more features for removing contents from a container and the pliant blade is coupled to the first end of the elongated handle. The pliant blade is defined by an edge enclosing an inner portion. A slit extends from the edge of the pliant blade inwardly into a section of the inner portion and a contoured edge is disposed along a portion of the edge of the pliant blade where the contoured edge corresponds to one or more surface features of a sidewall of a container. The utensil further includes a pull-tab opener disposed on the second end of the elongated handle for accessing and separating a pull-tab from the surface of a lid.

Abstract: A food container assembly includes a housing with a bottom wall and a perimeter wall that is attached to and extends upwardly therefrom. The perimeter wall has an upper edge defining an access opening into the housing. A shoulder is attached to an inner surface of the perimeter wall and extends continuously around an interior of the housing. The shoulder is spaced from the upper edge. A food holder is removably positioned in the housing and comprises a mesh material such that fluids may flow through the food holder. The food holder has an outer ridge that releasably engages the shoulder to support the food holder on the shoulder so that the food holder is spaced from the bottom wall.

Abstract: A safety device comprising: a main body comprising a first internal chamber; an attachment arrangement to allow the device to be attached to a fluid delivery spout, so that fluid delivered through the spout is directed into the first internal chamber; at least one first exit conduit having a first end in communication with the first internal chamber and having an open second end; a fluid inlet, into which fluid can be introduced into the device; and at least one second exit conduit having a first end in communication with the fluid inlet and having an open second end, wherein the first internal chamber and first exit conduit are separated from the fluid inlet and second exit conduit so that fluid entering the device through the attachment arrangement and passing through the device to the second end of the first exit conduit will not come into contact with fluid entering the device through the fluid inlet and passing through the device to the second end of the second exit conduit.

Abstract: A walk in bath includes a shell, a door, and a seal member. The shell defines a bathing area and includes a wall with an opening therein. The door is moveable relative to the wall between a closed position, in which the door engages the opening, and an open position allowing ingress into and egress from the bathing area through the opening. The seal member is located between the wall and the door in the closed position to seal a gap therebetween to prohibit water from leaking from the bathing area through the gap. The seal member includes a first end, a second end, and an intermediate hollow section extending between the first and second ends. Each of the first and second ends is closed to prevent water from entering into the seal member.

Abstract: A frame having a slope for supporting tiles of a shower floor, having: a plurality of slats in a grid formation; a higher portion and a lower portion creating the slope; a plurality of guide rails configured to hold the tiles in place at a uniform level with each other and following the slope when placed onto the frame; a drain hole at the lower portion, the drain hole aligning with a drain of the shower floor; the slope of the frame and the tiles allowing water to flow from the higher portion to the lower portion towards the drain and quickly drain the water into the drain, thus preventing accumulation of the water on the shower floor.

Abstract: A portable container apparatus is a portable washing and shower station having a rectangular container with removable divider inserts and removable compartment inserts inside to create various compartments for the storage of various cleaning accessories, and is formed to hold up to four removable water containers that are insulated to maintain either a warm or a cold water temperature, or a mixture for washing or showering. A foot pump is able to pressurize the water tanks to force the water through a coiled shower hose and shower head, and a removable perforated base within and above the inside bottom of the outer casing is sturdy enough to stand on while showering and draining the used water through the perforated base into the catchment below.

Abstract: A wearable fluid-dispensing apparatus that includes a flexible wristband coupled to and surrounding a wrist-arm area of a user, with the wristband having a frame disposed along an outer surface of the wearable wristband and at a ventral side of the user's wrist, an enclosed cartridge coupled to the frame for housing a fluid therein, and a fluid transfer conduit disposed within the enclosed cartridge for transporting the fluid from the enclosed cartridge to a nozzle port on a finger-activatable pump assembly coupled to the frame. The pump assembly defines a nozzle port disposed above a top end of the wristband and angled toward the user's palm, defining a fluid extraction passageway fluidly coupled to the nozzle port and the fluid transfer conduit, and operably configured to translate downwardly toward the fluid extraction passageway fluidly to generate a vacuum therein and emit the fluid on the user's inner hand.

Abstract: A free-standing, cylindrical container and multiple, core-free toilet paper rolls vertically stacked in an array which fills the container at the outset of its use. Peeled back from sites bounding a through opening within the array's uppermost roll and then fed through a narrow slot defined by the container's cap, each length of the paper so fed, prior to its being separated from paper yet to be dispensed, is part of a continuous paper ribbon extending from the leading paper sheet of said length to the outermost sheet of the array's lowermost roll. Configuring the ribbon in its initial state is a series of joints in each of which the outermost and the innermost sheets of the upper and lower rolls, respectively, of one of the array's contiguous pairs of rolls are fixedly connected, thus providing the user with immediate access to the entire body of paper stored within the container.

Abstract: A self-propelled cleaning device has a housing, a fan and a surface cleaning system for cleaning a surface to be cleaned. In order to also be able to clean an above-floor surface, in particular a plateau of a baseboard, the cleaning device also has an above-floor cleaning system for cleaning an above-floor surface vertically offset relative to the surface to be cleaned. The above-floor cleaning system has a flow connection to a suction and/or blower unit having a fan, the flow opening of which has a difference in height of roughly 3 cm or more relative to a standing surface of the cleaning device by comparison to a usual orientation of the cleaning device for a cleaning operation.

Abstract: A floor nozzle for a vacuum cleaner includes a housing including a sole plate which faces a floor surface when in a working position, the sole plate having provided therein a suction opening, the suction opening being surrounded by a rear portion of the sole plate, a front portion of the sole plate, and lateral portions of the sole plate. The rear portion and the lateral portions of the sole plate are deformable.

Abstract: A cleaner head for a vacuum cleaner that comprises a pair of rotary agitators and one or more wheels. The agitators rotate in opposite directions, and the wheels are moveable between a deployed position and a retracted position. The wheels contact a floor to be cleaned when in the deployed position, and the wheels are lifted clear of the floor when in the retracted position such that the cleaner head is supported on the floor solely by the agitators.

Abstract: A self-propelled cleaning device has a surface cleaning system for cleaning a surface to be cleaned. In order to also be able to clean an above-floor surface, the cleaning device also has an above-floor cleaning element for mechanically cleaning an above-floor surface offset in terms of height relative to the surface. The above-floor cleaning element can be rotated and/or pivoted around a rotational axis, and at least one partial cleaning area of the above-floor cleaning element has a difference in height of roughly 3 cm or more relative to a lowermost standing surface of the cleaning device by comparison to a usual orientation of the cleaning device for a cleaning operation.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for attaching floor tools to a wheeled vehicle. The apparatus includes a mounting frame configured to secure to a frame of the wheeled vehicle and a floating frame rotatably attached to the mounting frame. The apparatus also includes pickup tubes attached to the floating frame. The pickup tubes are configured to attach to the floor tools. The floating frame is configured to move relative to the mounting frame based on undulations in a floor surface over which the floor tools travel. In other embodiments, a method is provided for assembling the apparatus. In still other embodiments, a method is provided for using the above apparatus with the wheeled vehicle. In still other embodiments, a wheeled vehicle is provided that includes the above apparatus and the one or more floor tools attached to the wheeled vehicle with the apparatus.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaning system includes a housing, a motor connected to the housing, a debris container, a filter assembly, and a stop. The housing defines an inlet, an outlet, and a receptacle. The motor is adapted to generate air flow through the housing from the inlet to the outlet. The debris container is slidable into and out of the housing receptacle. The stop is connected to the housing and adapted to inhibit mounting the debris container when the filter assembly is absent from the debris container.

Abstract: A dust collector for filtering dust suspended in air, comprising: a vacuum unit for drawing the air; a cyclone body defining a cyclone body peripheral wall delimiting a plenum, a cyclone air inlet provided in the cyclone body peripheral wall for admitting the air, a cyclone body vacuum inlet in fluid communication with the vacuum unit for drawing the air from the plenum and a cyclone body dust outlet provided at the bottom of the plenum for evacuating the dust from the cyclone body; and baffles extending in the plenum from the cyclone body peripheral wall.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a surface treating appliance comprising, a regenerative filter having at least one filter, the regenerative filter being removably mounted to the surface treating appliance, the at least one filter being movable from a filtration zone to a regeneration zone, the filtration zone being spaced from the regeneration zone, and a control mechanism for moving the at least one filter between the regeneration zone and the filtration zone in response to the regenerative filter being removed from or mounted onto the surface treating appliance.

Abstract: A robot cleaner is disclosed. The robot cleaner includes a main body defining an outer appearance thereof, a suction device mounted inside the main body and including a suction motor and a suction fan, a suction port for sucking foreign substances from a floor upon operation of the suction device, a dust collection device for collecting foreign substances from air sucked through the suction port, one or more wheels for enabling the main body to travel autonomously, and a control unit for controlling the operation of the suction device and the wheels. The suction motor includes a stator and a rotor disposed around the stator and formed to be rotated with a rotating shaft. The rotor includes a first magnet for rotating the rotor around the stator, and a second magnet for preventing the rotating shaft of the suction motor from moving axially within a range of end play.

Abstract: A cleaner includes a cleaner body, a handle, an input unit located at the handle, one or more wheels configured to drive the cleaner body, a motor configured to provide force to the one or more wheels, and a control unit configured to control rotation of the motor based on an input to the input unit. The input unit is positioned at a portion of the handle configured to be held by a user's hand, and includes a lever connected to the cleaner body and configured to rotate about a horizontal axis and a vertical axis with respect to the cleaner body, and a sensor located at the lever and configured to detect a vertical rotation of the lever about the horizontal axis.

Abstract: An agitator and a robot cleaner including an agitator. The agitator includes a body configured to be rotated, a plurality of couplers formed at the body and arranged to be spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance, and a first member and a second member coupled to any one of the couplers and configured to contact a surface to be cleaned during rotation of the body. The first member and the second member extend different lengths from the body in a radial direction.

Abstract: The present application discloses a cleaning robot including a primary robot having a first controller configured to control a plurality of first sensors, a first communication module, a first moving apparatus, and a first cleaning assembly; and at least one secondary robot having a second controller configured to control a plurality of second sensors, a second communication module, a second moving apparatus, and a second cleaning assembly.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cleaner. In one aspect, the cleaner includes a nozzle assembly; a cleaner body connected to the nozzle assembly; and a water tank to which a cloth is attached, wherein the water tank is coupled to the nozzle assembly and is configured to supply water to the cloth. The water tank comprises: a water storage unit to store water and having a water inlet; a water flow adjuster configured to close or open the water inlet and to adjust a water flow amount from the water storage unit to the cloth when closing the water inlet; and a stopper formed on the water storage unit to limit a rotation of the water flow adjuster, wherein the water flow adjuster has a receiving groove to receive the stopper therein, wherein the receiving groove includes a delimitation portion to limit a rotation of the water flow adjuster in a first direction and having a tilted surface to allow the stopper to be exited out of the receiving groove.

Abstract: Disclosed is a dishwasher comprising a tub defining a washing space, a sump provided to collect the wash water injected into the tub, a supply pump provided to supply the wash water stored in the sump to the tub, a filter provided in the sump and comprising a first body having a plurality of first holes formed along a lateral circumferential surface; and a second body arranged in a radially inner side of the first body and having a plurality of second holes formed along a lateral circumferential surface, wherein the second body comprises an external wall portion in which the second holes are formed and an internal wall portion positioned in a radially inner side of the external wall and vertically extended.

Abstract: A filter assembly for filtering wash fluid in a dishwasher appliance is provided. The filter assembly includes an outer body defining an interior and an inlet port and extending along a longitudinal axis between a first upstream end and a second downstream end. The filter assembly further includes an inner body disposed radially inward of the outer body and at least partially within the interior of the outer body. The inner body defines an interior and an outlet port. The inner body includes a filter portion and a solid body portion. The filter portion positioned upstream of the solid body portion in a flow direction along the longitudinal axis. An inlet flow path defined by the inlet port is non-parallel to the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A dishwasher with a tub defining a treating chamber having an access opening. A closure selectively closes the access opening and a base supports the tub. The base can include a set of spaced panels and a set of spaced beams connecting the set of panels. The base can be formed by inserting the set of spaced beams within the set of spaced panels.

Abstract: Disclosed is a dishwasher comprising a cabinet, a tub defining a washing space, a door rotatably coupled to a front portion of the tub, an outlet duct provided in the door and exhausting internal air of the tub outside, an inlet duct connected to the outlet duct and sucking and blowing the internal air of the tub toward the outlet duct, a hole cover selectively opening and closing an air inlet hole provided in an entrance of the inlet duct, and a foreign substance intake preventing chamber provided under the air inlet hole and inclined downwards toward a rear surface of the door, the foreign substance intake preventing chamber preventing foreign substances from becoming drawn into the air inlet hole.

Abstract: The present invention provides a bottle washing apparatus for use in a dishwasher. The dishwasher of the present invention comprises a first docking port which opens into tub and exclusively docks with or undocks from the apparatus and exclusively supplies the apparatus, in the docked state, with the washing/rinsing liquid. The hydraulic circuit circulates the liquid via the first docking port.

Abstract: In one aspect, a dishwasher includes a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber and defining an access opening, a dishrack, and a guide rail assembly slidably mounting the dishrack to the tub. The guide rail assembly has a guide rail mounted to the dishrack or to the tub and has at least one wheel which is rotatably mounted onto an integral axle of the guide rail assembly to the other of the dishrack or the tub.

Abstract: Systems and methods of using a wine glass drying assembly. The wine glass drying rack assembly includes a tray with a bottom, sides, and a vertical lock. The wine glass drying rack assembly further includes a support with a locking element, stems and a top extending between the stems, where the support is coupled to the vertical lock via the locking element and where the support is rotatable about the vertical lock of the tray. The wine glass assembly also includes a rack with two wine glass supports, where the two wine glass supports define a slot for receiving wine glasses, where the rack is coupled to the top of the support via loops and where the rack is rotatable about the top of the support.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for controlling a flexible manipulator including a plurality of bendable mechanisms via a control apparatus. The control apparatus includes a drive-mode selecting unit allows for the selection of a movement mode which may provide a bending movement, an angled view movement, or a remote center movement.

Abstract: An insertion assist system includes an insertion instrument and an assist instrument. The insertion instrument includes an elongated member, a first engagement portion provided in the elongated member, and a rigid portion provided on a distal side of the elongated member and having an appropriate length. The assist instrument includes a guide path that includes a bent section, at least apart of the bent section being bent, and that is configured to guide the rigid portion of the insertion instrument to a desired position on a distal side from the distal section, and a second engagement portion that is provided in the guide path and engaged with the first engagement portion of the insertion instrument, and that maintains the elongated member and the guide path in a contact or close state.

Abstract: A wide-angle illumination device includes a base, a first light guiding module and two second light guiding modules. The base includes a central region and two lateral regions, and the two lateral regions are respectively located on opposite positions of the central region. A first light emitting module is disposed on the central region, and two second light emitting modules are disposed on the two lateral regions. The first light guiding module is disposed on the central region and matched with the first light emitting module, to guide a first optical signal of the first light emitting module toward a front of the base. The two second light guiding modules are disposed on the lateral regions and matched with the second light emitting modules, to guide a second optical signal of the second light emitting module out of an end of the base.

Abstract: An endoscope has a pannable camera at the distal end of its insertion shaft, the pannable camera assembly being pivotable to provide a range of a field of view that can be equal to or greater than 180 degrees. A terminal light emitting element may be mounted to the camera assembly in order to illuminate the immediate field of view of the camera sensor regardless of the rotational position of the camera assembly. A fluid-carrying conduit of the insertion section may also be used to house functional components, including the camera assembly, actuation cables, a communications cable connected to the camera sensor, and/or a fiberoptic cable providing light to the light emitting element. A distal section of the endoscope handle may be rotatable relative to a proximal hand-held section of the endo scope handle, a rotary encoder being provided to convert the rotational position of the insertion shaft relative to the handle into a signal for the purpose of image orientation correction by an electronic processor.

Abstract: An endoscope sheath comprising: a proximal end; a distal end having a distal end region; a surface extending between and connecting the proximal end and the distal end; and a plurality of positioning devices located along the surface; wherein the sheath is configured to: (1) receive all or a portion of an endoscope having a cylindrical end and (2) provide a conduit for communicating fluid between the proximal end of the sheath and the distal end of the sheath when the endoscope is inserted inside the sheath; and wherein the distal end region of the sheath includes the plurality of positioning devices that secure the cylindrical end of the endoscope against a portion of an inner wall of the surface extending between the proximal end and the distal end so that a fluid barrier is created between the cylindrical end of the endoscope and the inner wall.

Abstract: A robotic arm including a parallel spherical five-bar linkage with a remote center of spherical rotation. The robotic arm movably supports an endoscopic camera. Two outboard links are pivotally coupled together. At least one of the two outboard links supports the endoscopic camera. Two inboard links are respectively pivotally coupled to the two outboard links such that the two inboard links are able to cross over one another. The two inboard links moveably support the two outboard links. A ground link is pivotally coupled to the two inboard links. The ground link moveably supports the two inboard links.

Abstract: An image display control device displays a human body interior image on a display device and includes an imaging section, a transmission section, an image acquiring section, a transmitter, and a power source. The imaging section images the interior of a human body and generates human body interior image data. The image acquiring section acquires the human body interior image data corresponding to the human body interior image from the imaging section through the transmission section. The transmitter transmits the human body interior image data acquired by the image acquiring section to the display device through wireless communication. The power source supplies power to the imaging section, the image acquiring section, and the transmitter. The image acquiring section, the transmitter, and the power source are integral to one another, forming a main unit.

Abstract: Embodiments of a hybrid imaging sensor that optimizes a pixel array area on a substrate using a stacking scheme for placement of related circuitry with minimal vertical interconnects between stacked substrates and associated features are disclosed. Embodiments of maximized pixel array size/die size (area optimization) are disclosed, and an optimized imaging sensor providing improved image quality, improved functionality, and improved form factors for specific applications common to the industry of digital imaging are also disclosed. Embodiments of the above may include systems, methods and processes for staggering ADC or column circuit bumps in a column or sub-column hybrid image sensor using vertical interconnects are also disclosed.

Abstract: An antifogging device includes: a heater configured to apply heat to an optical member; a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature; a circuit board with a surface mounted the heater and the temperature sensor; a sealing member that is made of a resin material and that is applied to the surface to seal the heater and the temperature sensor; and a joining part that is provided on at least part of the surface and that is made of an inorganic material, the joining part being configured to: extend along a periphery of the surface in a state of being exposed to a side surface of the circuit board; and contact the sealing member.

Abstract: A method for observing a paranasal sinus, includes, inserting an endoscope into the paranasal sinus, emitting light from the outside of a body after inserting the endoscope into the paranasal sinus so that a landmark is formed on an inner wall of the paranasal sinus, and operating the endoscope toward the periphery of the landmark so that at least part of the landmark is shown in an endoscopic image.

Abstract: A video laryngoscope system, comprising a laryngoscope blade coupled to a video monitor via a data cable. At least one of the video monitor or the data cable comprise logic to: identify the laryngoscope blade; determine which of the laryngoscope blade, the video monitor, and the data cable have a most up-to-date set of image capture settings based on the identified laryngoscope blade; and transmit the most up-to-date set of image capture settings to the laryngoscope blade for use in capturing intra-airway images.

Abstract: Disclosed is a video laryngoscope having a body, an insertion section extending from the body generally parallel to a median plane of the laryngoscope extending through the body, and a display screen assembly extending from the body generally perpendicular to the median plane, the body comprising a grip portion intermediate the display screen assembly and the insertion section. The display screen assembly, comprising a display screen, extends laterally from the body and the inner edge of the display screen falls within the lateral extent of the body. The grip portion is also of a minimum size to allow an adult to grip the laryngoscope, the hand abutting the screen assembly.

Abstract: Techniques for improved diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of corneal pathologies use enhanced mapping of the cornea or corneal regions, to develop three-dimensional mapping of corneal thickness, while retaining particular corneal micro-layer thickness data. Anterior and posterior surface identifications, along with surface apex determinations, are used for registration of segmentation of these micro-layers. 3D heat maps and bull's-eye maps are generated from resulting thickness date. The maps provided enhanced evaluation and diagnosis of a corneal pathologies, such as keratoconus, pellucid marginal degeneration, post-refractive surgery ectasia, keratoglobus, corneal transplant rejection and corneal transplant failed grafts, Fuchs dystrophy, corneal limbal stem cell deficiency, dry eye syndrome, and post-corneal collagen crosslinking evaluation.

Abstract: A subjective optometry apparatus includes: a subjective measurer which has a corrective optical system disposed on an optical path of a light projecting optical system configured to project a target light flux toward an examinee's eye and configured to change an optical characteristic of the target light flux and which is configured to subjectively measure an optical characteristic of the examinee's eye; an acquisitor configured to acquire position information on at least one of examinee's right and left eyes; a determiner configured to determine, based on the position information acquired by the acquisitor, whether or not subjective measurement can be implemented in a binocular open state of the examinee's right and left eyes, thereby acquiring determination information; and a determination information output unit configured to output the determination information acquired by the determiner.

Abstract: An ophthalmic examination system of an exemplary embodiment includes a plurality of ophthalmic examination apparatuses, a plurality of examiner terminals, a communication establishing device, an information transmitting device, and an output device. The communication establishing device is capable of establishing communication between at least three apparatuses including at least one of the plurality of ophthalmic examination apparatuses and at least two of the plurality of examiner terminals. The information transmitting device transmits at least part of information transmitted from one of the at least three apparatuses between which the communication has been established by the communication establishing device, to at least one of other two or more apparatuses. The output device outputs information transmitted by the information transmitting device.