US Patent Issued to LEICA MICROSYSTEMS NC on Nov. 3 for "Keratoscope relay mechanism for an OCT scanner adapter" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,700, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to LEICA MICROSYSTEMS NC INC. (Durham, N.C.).

"Keratoscope relay mechanism for an OCT scanner adapter" was invented by Robert H. Hart (Deerfield, Ill.) and Mehran Ghofrani (Deerfield, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A keratoscope relay mechanism for an OCT scanner adapter is configured as a microscope accessory for a microscope. The relay mechanism includes a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) including a ring arrangement, the LED ring arrangement forming a keratoscope ring replicating an arrangement of a plurality of keratoscope LEDs of the microscope; a pair of photo detectors, each pho...