Tunable-Lens-Based Refractive Examination

Dave SR, Lim D, Durr NJ
US Provisional Application 62/350,018. 2016
PCT Application PCT/US2017/037257. 2017
https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2017218539

An apparatus, and corresponding method, for determining a refractive property of an eye includes a housing with a port configured to receive an eye and also light from the eye. A tunable lens can be mounted to the housing to apply a variable focal power to the light from the eye and to pass the light along an optical path toward a wavefront sensor within the housing. The wavefront sensor can receive the light via the optical path and measure a wavefront thereof. A determination module can be configured to determine a property of the eye based on the wavefront. Embodiments can be handheld, portable, and open view, while providing objective wavefront aberrometry, subjective phoroptry, and accommodation and presbyoptic evaluation, as well as lensometry functions.