# US 10,768,431 B2 · Light control devices and methods for regional variation of visual information and sampling > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,768,431 B2 - Document ID: US10768431B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/544,102 - Filed: 2019-08-19 - Published: 2020-04-09 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2017-12-20 - Assignees: Aperture in Motion, LLC - Applicants: Aperture in Motion, LLC - Inventors: Olivia Serdarevic; Edward Yavitz - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10768431B2 ## CPC - G02B 27/0172: {characterised by optical features} - A61B 3/0008: {provided with illuminating means (A61B3/117, A61B3/14 take precedence)} - A61B 3/10: Objective types, i.e. instruments for examining the eyes independent of the patients' perceptions or reactions - A61F 2/1451: {Inlays or onlays} - A61F 2/1613: {having special lens configurations, e.g. multipart lenses; having particular optical properties, e.g. pseudo-accommodative lenses, lenses having aberration corrections, diffractive lenses, lenses for variably absorbing electromagnetic radiation, lenses having variable focus} - A61F 2/1624: {having adjustable focus; power activated variable focus means, e.g. mechanically or electrically by the ciliary muscle or from the outside} - A61F 11/04: Methods or devices for enabling ear patients to achieve auditory perception through physiological senses other than hearing sense, e.g. through the touch sense {(electronic stimulation of auditory nerves A61N1/36036)} - A61N 1/30: Apparatus for iontophoresis, {i.e. transfer of media in ionic state by an electromotoric force into the body}, or cataphoresis - G06T 19/006: {Mixed reality (object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00)} - A61B 3/024: for determining the visual field, e.g. perimeter types - A61B 3/028: for testing visual acuity; for determination of refraction, e.g. phoropters - A61F 2/14: Eye parts, e.g. lenses or corneal implants; Artificial eyes - A61F 2/16: Intraocular lenses - A61F 2/1632: {for changing radial position, i.e. perpendicularly to the visual axis when implanted} - A61F 2/1635: {for changing shape} - A61F 9/00: Methods or devices for treatment of the eyes; Devices for putting in contact-lenses; Devices to correct squinting; Apparatus to guide the blind; Protective devices for the eyes, carried on the body or in the hand (caps with means for protecting the eyes A42B1/0181; visors for helmets A42B3/22; eye baths A61H35/02; sunglasses or goggles having the same features as spectacles G02C) - A61F 2002/1696: {Having structure for blocking or reducing amount of light transmitted, e.g. glare reduction} - A61F 2002/1699: {Additional features not otherwise provided for} - A61F 2250/0001: Means for transferring electromagnetic energy to implants - A61H 5/00: Exercisers for the eyes - A61H 2205/024: Eyes - A61N 5/0622: {Optical stimulation for exciting neural tissue} - A61N 2005/0648: {the light being directed to the eyes} - G02B 26/08: for controlling the direction of light (in light guides G02B6/35) - G02B 2027/012: {comprising devices for attenuating parasitic image effects} - G02B 2027/0178: {Eyeglass type (eyeglass details G02C)} - G02C 7/04: Contact lenses for the eyes (disinfection or sterilisation of contact lenses A61L12/00) - G02C 7/16: Shades; shields; Obturators, e.g. with pinhole, with slot {(G02C5/003 takes precedence)} - G02C 11/10: {Electronic devices other than hearing aids} - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C) - A61N: ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY (measurement of bioelectric currents A61B; surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body A61B18/00; anaesthetic apparatus in general A61M; incandescent lamps H01K; infrared radiators for heating H05B) - G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL - A61H: PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY (electrotherapy, magnetotherapy, radiation therapy or ultrasound therapy A61N) - G02C: SPECTACLES; SUNGLASSES OR GOGGLES INSOFAR AS THEY HAVE THE SAME FEATURES AS SPECTACLES; CONTACT LENSES (trial frames for testing the eyes A61B3/04; goggles or eyeshields not having the same features as spectacles A61F9/00) ## Abstract Exemplary light control devices and methods provide a regional variation of visual information and sampling (“V-VIS”) of an ocular field of view that improves or stabilizes vision, ameliorates a visual symptom, reduces the rate of vision loss, or reduces the progression of an ophthalmic or neurologic condition, disease, injury or disorder. The V-VIS devices and methods generate a moving aperture effect anterior to a retina that samples and delivers to the retina environmental light from an ocular field of view at a sampling rate between 50 hertz and 50 kilohertz. Certain of these V-VIS devices and methods may be combined with augmented or virtual reality, vision measurement, vision monitoring, or other therapies including, but not limited to, pharmacological, gene, retinal replacement and stem cell therapies. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A light control device, comprising: a translational force source coupled to an electrical power source; and one or more layers coupled to the translational force source and disposed anterior to a retina of an eye, wherein: the one or more layers are placed extraocularly; the one or more layers comprise one or more apertures; when activated by the electrical power source, the translational force source generates a movement of the one or more layers in front of the eye; and the movement of the one or more layers generates a moving aperture effect that samples and delivers to the retina environmental light from an ocular field of view at a sampling rate between 50 hertz and 50 kilohertz. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The light control device of claim 1, wherein the movement of the one or more layers delivers approximately collimated light from the ocular field of view through at least one of the one or more apertures. ### Claim 3 A light control device, comprising: an oscillatory force source coupled to an electrical power source; and one or more layers coupled to the oscillatory force source and disposed anterior to a retina of an eye, wherein: the one or more layers are placed extraocularly; the one or more layers comprise one or more apertures; when activated by the electrical power source, the oscillatory force source generates a movement of the one or more layers in front of the eye; and the movement of the one or more layers generates a moving aperture effect that samples and delivers to the retina environmental light from an ocular field of view at a sampling rate between 50 hertz and 50 kilohertz. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The light control device of claim 3, wherein the movement of the one or more layers delivers approximately collimated light from the ocular field of view through at least one of the one or more apertures. ### Claim 5 A light control device, comprising: a rotational force source coupled to an electrical power source; and one or more layers coupled to the rotational force source and disposed anterior to a retina of an eye, wherein: the one or more layers are placed extraocularly; the one or more layers comprise one or more apertures; when activated by the electrical power source, the rotational force source generates a movement of the one or more layers in front of the eye; and the movement of the one or more layers generates a moving aperture effect that samples and delivers to the retina environmental light from an ocular field of view at a sampling rate between 50 hertz and 50 kilohertz. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The light control device of claim 5, wherein the movement of the one or more layers delivers approximately collimated light from the ocular field of view through at least one of the one or more apertures. ### Claim 7 A light control device, comprising: one or more layers disposed anterior to a retina of an eye; optomechanical elements disposed on a surface of, or within, the one or more layers; and a controller coupled to a power source, the controller being coupled electrically to the optomechanical elements via an electrically conductive layer and being configured to generate and route control signals to the optomechanical elements in accordance with a temporal sequence, wherein anterior to the retina comprises one of extraocular, intracorneal or intraocular placement, wherein, upon receipt of the control signals, the optomechanical elements are moved to produce one or more areas of altered transparency, the one or more areas defining one or more apertures that include transparent areas, wherein the one or more apertures are generated at spatially separated or overlapping positions on the surface of, or within, the one or more layers, and wherein the one or more apertures generate a moving aperture effect that samples and delivers to the retina environmental light from an ocular field of view at a sampling rate between 50 hertz and 50 kilohertz. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The light control device of claim 7, further configured to deliver approximately collimated light from the ocular field of view through at least one of the one or more apertures. ### Claim 9 A method, comprising: generating, using a light control device, a moving aperture effect anterior to a retina of an eye at a rate between 50 hertz and 50 kilohertz, the generating comprising generating a movement of one or more layers disposed anterior to a retina of an eye, the one or more layers comprising one or more apertures; and using the light control device, sampling and delivering to the retina environmental light from an ocular field of view. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising sampling and delivering, using the light control device, approximately collimated light from the ocular field of view through at least one of the one or more apertures. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising sampling and delivering, using the light control device, environmental light from the ocular field of view through at least one of the one or more apertures to a viable cell-containing portion of a diseased or damaged retina. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising sampling and delivering the environmental light from the ocular field of view through at least one of the one or more apertures to an abnormally emmetropized portion of the retina. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising sampling and delivering the environmental light from the ocular field of view through at least one of the one or more apertures to a genetically altered portion of the retina. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising sampling and delivering the environmental light from the ocular field of view through at least one of the one or more apertures to an epigenetically altered portion of the retina. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising sampling and delivering the environmental light from the ocular field of view through at least one of the one or more apertures to a neuroregeneratively altered portion of the retina. ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising sampling and delivering the environmental light from the ocular field of view through at least one of the one or more apertures to a portion of the retina that includes at least one of a retinal transplant, an implanted retinal cell, an implanted stem cell, or an implanted prosthesis. ### Claim 17 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising sampling and delivering the environmental light from the ocular field of view through an augmented reality device.