Device for steadying the non-operative eye during eye surgery
OwnerRobert M. Kinastinventor
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Abstract
A method for eye surgery on an operative eye of an eye surgery patient can comprise a step of securing a monocular device over a non-operative eye of the patient. The monocular device can comprise a frame configured to engage a portion of the patient's face surrounding the non-operative eye and a visual target projector attached to the housing and disposed over the non-operative eye, wherein the monocular device does not cover the operative eye of the patient. The visual target projector can be configured to generate a visual target on which the non-operative eye focuses during eye surgery.
Claims15
A method for performing eye surgery on an operative eye, comprising:
- securing a monocular device over a non-operative eye of an eye surgery patient, wherein the monocular device comprises:
- a frame configured to be placed on a portion of a face of the patient surrounding the non-operative eye;
- and
- a visual target projector coupled to the frame and disposed over the non-operative eye, wherein the visual target projector is configured to generate a visual target on which the non-operative eye can focus during the eye surgery,
- wherein the monocular device does not cover the operative eye of the patient;
- activating the visual target projector to generate the visual target;
- detecting a movement of the patient's non-operative eye;
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- determining, based on the movement, that the non-operative eye is no longer focused on the visual target.
A monocular visual target stimulation device for use by a patient comprising:
- a visual target projector a frame that contacts a portion of a face of the patient and that supports the visual target projector in an orientation above one eye of the patient,
- wherein the visual target projector is configured to project a visual target towards the one eye of the patient to stimulate the one eye of the patient but not another eye of the patient,
- wherein the visual target stimulation device further comprises an eye shield disposed between the one eye and the visual target projector, wherein the eye shield comprises a plate and a plurality of apertures through the plate.
A visual target stimulation device comprising:
- a dome-shaped housing configured to cover a non-operative eye of an eye surgery patient, wherein the dome-shaped housing comprises an open end and an interior surface opposite the open end;
- a visual target projector mounted to the interior surface opposite the open end and disposed over the non-operative eye, wherein the visual target projector is configured to display a visual target for the non-operative eye to focus on during the eye surgery,
- wherein the device further comprises a wireless transceiver, wherein information for displaying the visual target is streamed over the wireless transceiver.
A visual target stimulation device comprising:
- a dome-shaped housing configured to cover a non-operative eye of an eye surgery patient, wherein the dome-shaped housing comprises an open end and an interior surface opposite the open end;
- a visual target projector mounted to the interior surface opposite the open end and disposed over the non-operative eye, wherein the visual target projector is configured to display a visual target for the non-operative eye to focus on during the eye surgery,
- wherein the visual target projector comprises a retinal projector and wherein the visual target is projected onto a retina of the non-operative eye.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.