DE3276923D1 - Method and apparatus for studying corneal curvature - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for studying corneal curvature

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DE3276923D1
DE3276923D1 DE8282306833T DE3276923T DE3276923D1 DE 3276923 D1 DE3276923 D1 DE 3276923D1 DE 8282306833 T DE8282306833 T DE 8282306833T DE 3276923 T DE3276923 T DE 3276923T DE 3276923 D1 DE3276923 D1 DE 3276923D1
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corneal curvature
studying
studying corneal
curvature
corneal
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Alvin Eugene Reynolds
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F9/00—Methods or devices for treatment of the eyes; Devices for putting-in contact lenses; Devices to correct squinting; Apparatus to guide the blind; Protective devices for the eyes, carried on the body or in the hand
    • A61F9/007—Methods or devices for eye surgery
    • A61F9/013—Instruments for compensation of ocular refraction ; Instruments for use in cornea removal, for reshaping or performing incisions in the cornea
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B3/00—Apparatus for testing the eyes; Instruments for examining the eyes
    • A61B3/10—Objective types, i.e. instruments for examining the eyes independent of the patients' perceptions or reactions
    • A61B3/107—Objective types, i.e. instruments for examining the eyes independent of the patients' perceptions or reactions for determining the shape or measuring the curvature of the cornea
DE8282306833T 1982-01-04 1982-12-21 Method and apparatus for studying corneal curvature Expired DE3276923D1 (en)

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US06/336,920 US4490022A (en) 1982-01-04 1982-01-04 Apparatus for corneal corrective techniques

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DE3276923D1 true DE3276923D1 (en) 1987-09-17

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US (1) US4490022A (de)
EP (1) EP0083493B1 (de)
JP (1) JPS58118750A (de)
CA (1) CA1191062A (de)
DE (1) DE3276923D1 (de)

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EP0083493A2 (de) 1983-07-13
CA1191062A (en) 1985-07-30
JPH0343903B2 (de) 1991-07-04
JPS58118750A (ja) 1983-07-14
EP0083493A3 (en) 1984-07-18
EP0083493B1 (de) 1987-08-12
US4490022A (en) 1984-12-25

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