Wide-angle opthalmoscope employing transillumination

Apparatus for viewing an eye fundus through a contact lens has a lamp element that illuminates the fundus through the sclera. The lamp element preferably includes at least one fiber optic bundle with an exit facet for placement contiguous with the sclera, generally through whatever thickness of ocul...

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Zusammenfassung:Apparatus for viewing an eye fundus through a contact lens has a lamp element that illuminates the fundus through the sclera. The lamp element preferably includes at least one fiber optic bundle with an exit facet for placement contiguous with the sclera, generally through whatever thickness of ocular conjunctiva is present. The apparatus can include a further lamp element having fiber facets arrayed around the viewing lens for illuminating the fundus through the crystal lens of the eye being examined.