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US 11,766,564 B2Granted
Ocular stimulation method and system
Assigneei-Lumen Scientific, Inc.
InventorsBlair P. Mowery, Marshall T. Masko, John B. Jarding, Gary A. Tapp
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Abstract
Devices and methods to deliver microcurrent stimulation therapy to the human body, when connected to a micro-stimulation current-generating apparatus. The method of applying microcurrent stimulation therapy to key points around the eye for treatment of problems such as macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa, glaucoma, optic neuritis and other eye-related or nerve-related conditions, as well as other diseases, such as Bell's Palsy, requiring localized stimulation to the eyes and/or on other body parts.
Claims21
A method comprising:
- providing a first electrode substrate, wherein the first electrode substrate includes:
- a first plurality of electrodes on the first electrode substrate that are configured to apply tissue-stimulation electrical-current therapy to a first eye of a patient in a room, the first eye having an upper eyelid and a lower eyelid, wherein the first electrode substrate is configured to locate the first plurality of electrodes on an outer surface of at least one of the upper eyelid and the lower eyelid of the patient's first eye, and wherein each one of the first plurality of electrodes is configured to be individually activated;
- placing the first electrode substrate on the patient's skin such that the first plurality of electrodes is on the outer surface of at least one of the upper eyelid and the lower eyelid of the patient's first eye;
- applying the tissue-stimulation electrical-current therapy applied to the first eye;
- providing sensors;
- sensing, using the sensors, ambient-light characteristics of the room during the applying of the tissue-stimulation electrical-current therapy;
- and
- determining whether the ambient-light characteristics of the room affect an efficacy of the tissue-stimulation electrical-current therapy.
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A system comprising:
- a first electrode substrate that includes:
- a first plurality of electrodes on the first electrode substrate that are configured to apply tissue-stimulation electrical-current therapy to a first eye of a patient in a room, the first eye having an upper eyelid and a lower eyelid, wherein the first electrode substrate is configured to locate the first plurality of electrodes on an outer surface of at least one of the upper eyelid and the lower eyelid of the patient's first eye, and wherein each one of the first plurality of electrodes is configured to be individually activated;
- a tissue-stimulation controller, wherein the tissue-stimulation controller is operatively coupled to provide the tissue-stimulation electrical-current therapy to the first eye through control of at least one of the first plurality of electrodes;
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- sensors operatively coupled to the tissue-stimulation controller and configured to sense ambient-light characteristics of the room during application of the tissue-stimulation electrical-current therapy, wherein the tissue-stimulation controller is configured to determine whether the sensed ambient-light characteristics of the room affect an efficacy of the tissue-stimulation electrical-current therapy.
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A system comprising:
- a first electrode substrate, wherein the first electrode substrate includes:
- a first plurality of electrodes on the first electrode substrate that are configured to apply tissue-stimulation electrical-current therapy to a first eye of a patient in a room, the first eye having an upper eyelid and a lower eyelid, wherein the first electrode substrate is configured to locate the first plurality of electrodes on an outer surface of at least one of the upper eyelid and the lower eyelid of the patient's first eye, and wherein each one of the first plurality of electrodes is configured to be individually activated;
- means for placing the first electrode substrate on the patient's skin such that the first plurality of electrodes is on the outer surface of at least one of the upper eyelid and the lower eyelid of the patient's first eye;
- means for controlling the tissue-stimulation electrical-current therapy applied to the first eye;
- and
- means for sensing ambient-light characteristics of the room during application of the tissue-stimulation electrical-current therapy;
- and
- means for determining whether the ambient-light characteristics of the room affect an efficacy of the tissue-stimulation electrical-current therapy.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.