METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR POSTERIOR SEGMENT VOLUME MEASUREMENT Russian patent published in 2016 - IPC A61F9/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: system for determining volume of posterior eye segment comprises: collecting chamber connected through fluid medium with rear eye segment, wherein composite chamber can receive fluid from posterior eye segment; gas source configured to feed gas into posterior eye segment; and controller configured to: receive first input signal to start supply of gas from gas source for introduction into posterior eye segment; reception of second input signal to terminate supply of gas from gas source; detecting change in fluid level in collecting chamber in response to fluid removal from rear segment; and determining volume of posterior eye segment using detected change of fluid medium level. Computer program product provides method of operating said system.

EFFECT: using given group of inventions enables higher accuracy of determining volume of posterior eye segment.

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