Eye-imaging training apparatus and methods of training

A system for training a caregiver to perform eye imaging, the system comprising:

• providing an eye-imaging training apparatus comprising:
• a housing comprising a front end and a rear end, wherein the front end is removably attached to the rear end to provide an interior volume of the housing;
• a first eye socket and a second eye socket formed on the front end of the housing;
• an eye structure disposed in each of the first eye socket and the second eye socket, wherein the eye structure comprises an eyeball member and a fastening member, wherein the fastening member extends from a distal end of the eyeball member, wherein the eyeball member comprises an electrically conductive substrate coupled to one or more sensors, wherein at least one sensor detects a level of light;
• an actuator assembly disposed in the interior volume of the housing, the actuator assembly comprising a pivot member and a receiving member in communication with the pivot member, the receiving member configured to receive the fastening member of the eye structure, wherein actuating the pivot member is configured to move the eyeball member within at least one of the first eye socket and the second eye socket;
• and
• a base material disposed over at least the front end of the housing, wherein the base material comprises a pair of retractable eyelids configured to rest over the eyeball member disposed in the first eye socket and the second eye socket;
• one or more speculum configured to retract the retractable eyelids;
• and
• an eye-imaging device.

A method of training a caregiver to use an eye-imaging camera, the method comprising:

• providing an eye-imaging training apparatus comprising:
• a housing comprising a front end and a rear end, wherein the front end is removably attached to the rear end to provide an interior volume of the housing;
• a first eye socket and a second eye socket formed on the front end of the housing;
• an eye structure disposed in each of the first eye socket and the second eye socket, wherein the eye structure comprises an eyeball member and a fastening member, wherein the fastening member extends from a distal end of the eyeball member;
• an actuator assembly disposed in the interior volume of the housing, the actuator assembly comprising a pivot member and a receiving member in communication with the pivot member, the receiving member configured to receive the fastening member of the eye structure, wherein actuating the pivot member is configured to move the eyeball member within at least one of the first eye socket and the second eye socket;
• and
• a base material disposed over at least the front end of the housing, wherein the base material comprises a pair of retractable eyelids configured to rest over the eyeball member disposed in the first eye socket and the second eye socket;
• securing the eye-imaging training apparatus on a surface;
• retracting one or more of the retractable eyelids;
• providing an eye-imaging camera for imaging the eyeball member;
• exerting an external force on the actuator assembly to move the eyeball member within at least one of the first eye socket and the second eye socket;
• tracking the eyeball member in the first eye socket and the second eye socket with the eye-imaging camera;
• aligning the eye-imaging camera with the eyeball member in the first eye socket and the second eye socket;
• and
• imaging the eyeball member.