SURGICAL MICROSCOPE WITH INTEGRATED OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY AND DISPLAY SYSTEMS

摘要

An ophthalmic surgical microscope includes a beam coupler positioned along an optical path of the surgical microscope between a first eyepiece and magnifying/focusing optics, the beam coupler operable to direct the OCT imaging beam along a first portion of the optical path of the surgical microscope between the beam coupler and a patient's eye (an OCT image being generated based on a reflected portion of the OCT imaging beam). The surgical microscope additionally includes a real-time data projection unit operable to project the OCT image generated by the OCT system and a beam splitter positioned along the optical path of the surgical microscope between a second eyepiece and the magnifying/focusing optics. The beam splitter is operable to direct the projected OCT image along a second portion of the optical path of the surgical microscope between the beam splitter and the second eyepiece such that the projected OCT image is viewable through the second eyepiece.

主权项

1. An ophthalmic surgical microscope, comprising:
an OCT system comprising an OCT light source operable to generate an OCT imaging beam; a beam coupler positioned along an optical path of the ophthalmic surgical microscope between a first eyepiece of the ophthalmic surgical microscope and magnifying/focusing optics of the ophthalmic surgical microscope, the beam coupler operable to direct the OCT imaging beam along a first portion of the optical path of the ophthalmic surgical microscope between the beam coupler and a patient's eye, wherein:
at least a portion of the OCT imaging beam reflected by the patient's eye is returned to the OCT system along the first portion of the optical path; andthe OCT system is operable to generate an OCT image based on the reflected portion of the OCT imaging beam; a real-time data projection unit operable to project the OCT image generated by the OCT system; and a beam splitter positioned along the optical path of the ophthalmic surgical microscope between a second eyepiece of the ophthalmic surgical microscope and the magnifying/focusing optics of the ophthalmic surgical microscope, the beam splitter operable to direct the OCT image projected by the real-time data projection unit along a second portion of the optical path of the ophthalmic surgical microscope between the beam splitter and the second eyepiece of the ophthalmic surgical microscope such that the OCT image projected by the real-time data projection unit is viewable through the second eyepiece.