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US 2014/0192315 A1Published application
In-situ tear sample collection and testing using a contact lens
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsZenghe Liu, James Etzkorn
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Abstract
Apparatus, systems and methods employing contact lenses having one or more sensor that sense an analyte in tear fluid and one or more recesses that collect the tear fluid. In some aspects, a contact lens includes a substrate that forms at least part of a body of the contact lens and a recess formed within the substrate configured to collect tear fluid when the contact lens is worn. The contact lens further includes at least one sensor disposed within the substrate configured to sense presence of an analyte in the collected tear fluid.
Claims20
A contact lens, comprising:
- a substrate that forms at least part of a body of the contact lens;
- a recess formed within the substrate, configured to collect and store tear fluid when the contact lens is worn on an eye and store the collected tear fluid when the contact lens is removed from the eye, said recess having a closed end;
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- at least one sensor disposed within the substrate configured to sense presence of an analyte in the collected tear fluid.
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A method comprising:
- collecting and storing tear fluid in a cavity disposed within a body of a contact lens when the contact lens is worn on an eye, the cavity having a closed end;
- storing the collected tear fluid in the cavity when the contact lens is removed from the eye;
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- detecting presence of at least one analyte in the collected tear fluid via at least one sensor located within the body of the contact lens.
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A contact lens, comprising:
- a tear fluid collection recess formed in a substrate that forms at least part of a body of the contact lens and configured to collect tear fluid when the contact lens is worn, the recess having a closed end;
- at least one sensor configured to sense presence of one or more analytes in the tear fluid;
- a processor configured to determine a concentration of the one or more analytes;
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- a transmitter configured to transmit information relating to the presence or the concentration of the one or more analytes to an external device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.