ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,039, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to TOPCON Corp. (Tokyo).
"Slit lamp microscope" was invented by Hisashi Tsukada (Hachioji, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slit lamp microscope of an embodiment includes an image acquiring unit, a memory, and a misalignment information acquiring processor. The image acquiring unit is configured to acquire an image by applying a scan with slit light to an anterior segment of a subject's eye. The memory stores a first image of the anterior segment and a second image that is acquired by follow-up photography performed by the image acquiring unit with reference to the first image. The misalignmen...