US Patent Issued to Optomed on Dec. 2 for "Ophthalmic imaging instrument and ophthalmic imaging method" (Finnish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,776, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Optomed Plc (Oulu, Finland).

"Ophthalmic imaging instrument and ophthalmic imaging method" was invented by Ilkka Alasaarela (Oulu, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ophthalmic apparatus comprises a visible light illumination channel, which illuminates a retina of an eye of a patient under examination by visible light. A near-infrared illumination channel illuminates the retina of the eye of the patient under examination by near-infrared light. An imaging channel receives light from the retina of the eye illuminated by the visible light and/or the near-infrared light. A target channel outp...