Ocular Fundus Image Processing Method and Device Patent Application
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Summary
The European Patent Office published patent application EP4092622A1 for Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. and Social Welfare Corporation Seirei Social Welfare Community covering ocular fundus image processing methods and devices. The A1 publication includes the search report and covers automated analysis of eye fundus images for diagnostic purposes.
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Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. and Social Welfare Corporation Seirei Social Welfare Community filed European patent application EP4092622A1 for an ocular fundus image processing method, device, program, and recording medium. The invention relates to automated analysis of fundus images using image processing techniques for medical diagnostic purposes. Key IPC classifications include G16H 30/40, G16H 50/20, G06T 7/00, and A61B 3/14.
This is a routine patent publication notice with no compliance obligations. No action is required from regulated entities. The patent application covers designated EU states including AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, and others. Healthcare providers and medical device manufacturers should note this intellectual property filing for freedom-to-operate considerations if developing similar fundus imaging analysis systems.
Source document (simplified)
OCULAR FUNDUS IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, OCULAR FUNDUS IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, OCULAR FUNDUS IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING SAID PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON
Publication EP4092622A1 Kind: A1 Mar 25, 2026
Applicants
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Social Welfare Corporation Seirei
Social Welfare Community
Inventors
OTE, Kibo, HASHIMOTO, Fumio, YAMADA, Hidenao, OBANA, Akira
IPC Classifications
G16H 30/40 20180101AFI20240110BHEP G16H 30/20 20180101ALI20240110BHEP G16H 50/20 20180101ALI20240110BHEP G16H 50/70 20180101ALI20240110BHEP G06T 7/00 20170101ALI20240110BHEP G06T 1/00 20060101ALI20240110BHEP A61B 3/14 20060101ALI20240110BHEP G01N 21/64 20060101ALI20240110BHEP A61B 3/00 20060101ALI20240110BHEP A61B 3/117 20060101ALN20240110BHEP A61B 3/12 20060101ALN20240110BHEP
Designated States
AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR
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