Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Surgical Microscopes Using Red Reflex Illumination' Filed by Horizon Surgical Systems, Inc.

MUMBAI, India, Nov. 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517070042 A) filed by Horizon Surgical Systems, Inc., Malibu, U.S.A., on July 23, for 'surgical microscopes using red reflex illumination.'

Inventor(s) include Dhalla, Al-Hafeez; and Murnan, Andrew.

The application for the patent was published on Nov. 14, under issue no. 46/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Devices, methods, and systems related to surgical microscopes using red reflex illumination are provided. According to one aspect of the present invention, there is a red reflex surgical microscope system which may have: a red reflex illumination source, an objective lens, and an aperture stop. In certain embodiments, the aperture stop is located between the illumination source and objective lens. An image of the aperture stop may be imaged in proximity to the objective lens, and a size of beams reflected from the objective lens are shortened based on the proximity of the image of the aperture stop to the objective lens. Other embodiments described herein include a red reflex surgical microscope system used in conjunction with an OCT and coupled via a dichroic mirror, with an obstruction configured to minimize glare by being positioned on or adjacent to a side of the dichroic mirror not reflecting OCT light. Other embodiments include an oblique white-light illumination source. Yet other embodiments are described herein."

The patent application was internationally filed on Jan. 05, 2024, under International application No.PCT/US2024/010536.

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