Method and apparatus for limiting growth of eye length
AssigneeThe Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.
InventorsJay Neitz, Maureen Neitz
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Abstract
Certain embodiments of the present invention are directed to therapeutic intervention in patients with eye-length-related disorders to prevent, ameliorate, or reverse the effects of the eye-length-related disorders. Embodiments of the present invention include methods for early recognition of patients with eye-length-related disorders, therapeutic methods for inhibiting further degradation of vision in patients with eye-length-related disorders, reversing, when possible, eye-length-related disorders, and preventing eye-length-related disorders. Additional embodiments of the present invention are directed to particular devices used in therapeutic intervention in patients with eye-length-related disorders.
Claims18
A method for limiting growth of eye length, the method comprising:
- providing an ophthalmic lens;
- and
- applying a film or coating to a surface of the ophthalmic lens to form an article, wherein the film or coating comprises particles and is configured to effectuate scattering of light incident on the film or coating such that an amount of scatter varies across the ophthalmic lens to have the article comprise a clear area surrounded by a light-scattering area.
Eyeglasses, comprising:
- an eyeglass frame;
- and
- an article that includes:
- an ophthalmic lens mounted in the eyeglass frame;
- and
- a film or coating at a surface of the ophthalmic lens, the film comprising particles configured to scatter light incident thereon such that an amount of scatter varies across the ophthalmic lens, thereby causing the article to have a clear area surrounded by a light-scattering area.
A therapeutic treatment method for preventing, ameliorating, or reversing eye-length-related disorders, the therapeutic treatment method comprising:
- identifying, in a patient, an eye-length-related disorder;
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- inducing artificial blurring of patient's vision to decrease an average spatial frequency of images at the retina of a patient's eye below a threshold spatial frequency to inhibit lengthening of the patient's eye.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.