APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING ENERGY TO AND/OR COMMUNICATING WITH AN EYE IMPLANT BY MEANS OF ILLUMINATION RADIATION

• Main Authors: NOBIS, Thomas, SCHMITT-MANDERBACH, Tobias, BUBLITZ, Daniel
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 01.05.2024
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTINGELECTRIC POWER; CONTACT LENSES; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRICITY; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; GENERATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; OPTICS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PHYSICS; PROSTHESES; SPECTACLES; SUNGLASSES OR GOGGLES INSOFAR AS THEY HAVE THE SAME FEATURESAS SPECTACLES; SURGERY; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

An apparatus for supplying energy to and/or communicating with an eye implant by means of illumination radiation is provided, wherein the apparatus comprises a positioning unit, which sets an illumination position of the eye of a user, an optical input interface, by means of which the illumination radiation is suppliable to the apparatus, and an illumination optical unit, wherein the illumination optical unit focuses the supplied illumination radiation in such a way that a focus with a lateral extent of at least 0.1 mm in air is present and such that, when the eye of the user is in the set illumination position, the illumination radiation enters into the eye as a convergent beam such that the focus lies within the eye.