Intraocular system for transmitting data and power optically to an implant
AssigneeVerily Life Sciences LLC
InventorsSupriyo Sinha, Dimitri Azar
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Abstract
An intraocular system that includes a headset that optically transmits data and power to an implant. The headset includes a camera to capture image data that includes a visual representation of an environment of the headset and an optical transmitter to transmit the image data as an optical signal into a cornea of an eye of a user when the user is wearing the headset. The implant includes an optical receiver to receive the optical signal through the cornea and an image formation device orientated to present the image data from the optical signal onto a retina of the eye when the implant is inside the eye.
Claims20
An intraocular system comprising:
- a headset including a camera to capture image data that includes a visual representation of an environment of the headset and an optical transmitter to transmit the image data as an optical signal within a wavelength range into a cornea of an eye of a user when the user is wearing the headset;
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- an implant including:
- an optical receiver to (1) receive the optical signal through the cornea, and (2) receive a second optical signal at a wavelength outside of the wavelength range;
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- an image formation device orientated to present the image data from the optical signal onto a retina of the eye when the implant is inside the eye.
A method performed by an intraocular implant, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a first optical receiver of the intraocular implant and while the intraocular implant is inside an eye of a user, an optical signal through a cornea of the eye and from a headset that is being worn by the user, wherein the optical signal comprises image data captured by a camera of the headset;
- receiving, while the intraocular implant is inside an eye of a user, a second optical signal through a cornea of the eye and from a headset that is being worn by the user, wherein the second optical signal comprises a request to establish an over-the-air optical connection between the first optical receiver and a first optical transmitter of the headset;
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- presenting, by an image formation device of the intraocular implant, the image data onto a retina of the eye.
A method performed by an intraocular system that includes a headset and an implant, the method comprising:
- receiving image data captured by a camera of the headset while the headset is worn by a user, the image data including a visual representation of an environment of the headset;
- transmitting, by a high-powered laser diode, a first over-the-air optical signal through a cornea of an eye of the user to optically power the implant;
- transmitting, by a low-powered laser diode, a second over-the-air optical signal through the cornea, wherein the second over-the-air optical signal comprises the image data captured by the camera, and
- transmitting, by a light emitting diode (LED), a third over-the-air optical signal into the cornea of the eye and to the implant that is inside the eye, wherein the third over-the-air optical signal comprises a request to begin transmission of the image data,
- wherein the first and second over-the-air optical signals are directed towards the implant while the implant is inside the eye of the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.