ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,436, issued on July 21, was assigned to TOPCON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Ophthalmic apparatus, method of controlling ophthalmic apparatus, and recording medium" was invented by Kazuhiro Yamada (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ophthalmic apparatus includes an objective lens, a first illumination optical system arranged approximately coaxially with an optical axis of the objective lens and configured to be capable of irradiating first illumination light onto an eye to be examined through the objective lens, a second illumination optical system arranged so as to be eccentric to the optical axis of the objective lens and configured to be c...