US Patent Issued to NIKON on Aug. 12 for "Optical system for convertible imaging of posterior and anterior portions of the eye" (Arizona Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,133, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to NIKON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Optical system for convertible imaging of posterior and anterior portions of the eye" was invented by David M. Williamson (Tucson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An reconfigurable optical arrangement for imaging posterior and anterior surfaces of a visual system. The optical arrangement includes a relay containing first and second lenses each having a positive optical power and detachably cooperated with one another such that the first lens and the second lens form an afocal system configured to form a conjugate relationship between the first plane and the second pla...