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US 2017/0360292 A1Published application
Device and method for self-recognition of eye opacities
OwnerPorfirio Vadillo Reizabalinventor
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Abstract
A device and a method used for self-detection of eye opacities. The novel device utilizes a light source, which illuminates an orifice, to self-detect, measure, and locate an opacity's shadow projected on the retina using a grid sheet. This device monitors the early onset of eye disorders, such as cataracts, as well as post-operative detection of opacities after cataract surgery or capsulotomy. It is also portable, inexpensive, and does not require special training to utilize it.
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A device to self-detect eye opacities, the device comprising:
- a. a housing having a bottom end, a top end, and an enclosure connectively attached to, and respectively spacing, the bottom end from the top end;
- b. an energy source disposed inside the housing and nearby the bottom end;
- c. at least one light source, disposed inside the housing nearby bottom end;
- d. an on-off power switch connectively connected and disposed in between the energy source and the at least one light source, capable of permitting and interrupting energy flow to the at least one light source;
- e. a bottom screen disposed at the top end of the housing and having at least two orifices of varied diameters and disposed on a circular pattern;
- f. a orifice selection screen disposed on top of the bottom screen connectively connected to the bottom screen through a center pin permitting the orifice selection screen to rotate around the center pin and having a small orifice that it is larger than the largest orifice of the at least two orifices of the bottom screen and it is disposed at the same radius as the bottom screen at least two orifices;
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- g. an eye light-guard.
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A device to self-detect and determine the position of an opacity's shadow projected on the retina, the device comprising:
- a. a housing having a bottom end, a top end, and an enclosure having a bottom segment contiguously connected to a elbow segment, disposed at an angle with respect to the bottom segment, contiguously connected to a top segment, disposed at an angle with respect to the elbow segment, the enclosure connectively attached to, and respectively spacing, the bottom end from the top end;
- b. an energy source disposed inside the housing and nearby the bottom end;
- c. at least one light source, disposed inside the housing nearby the bottom end;
- d. an on-off power switch connectively connected and disposed in between the energy source and the at least one light source, capable of permitting and interrupting energy flow to the at least one light source;
- e. a bottom screen disposed at the top end of the housing and having at least two orifices of varied diameters and disposed on a circular pattern;
- f. a orifice selection screen disposed on top of the bottom screen connectively connected to the bottom screen through a center pin permitting the selection top screen to rotate around the center pin and having a small orifice that is larger than the largest orifice of the at least two orifices of the bottom screen and it is disposed at the same radius as the bottom screen at least two orifices;
- g. a reflective inner wall engraved with a reticular pattern disposed on the elbow segment, whereby the reflective inner wall is positioned such that the light emanating from the at least one light source hits the reflective inner wall and deflects it towards the bottom screen;
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- h. an eye light-guard.
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A device to self-detect and determine the position of an opacity's shadow projected on the retina, the device comprising:
- a. a housing having a bottom end, a top end, and an enclosure connectively attached to, and respectively spacing, the bottom end from the top end;
- b. an energy source disposed inside the housing;
- c. at least one light source, disposed inside the housing on the top end;
- d. an on-off power switch connectively connected and disposed in between the energy source and the at least one light source, capable of permitting and interrupting energy flow to the at least one light source;
- e. a bottom screen, forming the top end of the housing, having at least two orifices of varied diameters and disposed on a circular pattern;
- f. a orifice selection screen disposed on top of the bottom screen connectively connected to the bottom screen through a center pin permitting the selection top screen to rotate around the center pin and having a small orifice that is larger than the largest orifice of the at least two orifices of the bottom screen and it is disposed at the same radius as the bottom screen at least two orifices;
- g. a reflective inner wall engraved with a reticular pattern disposed on the bottom end, whereby the reflective inner wall is positioned such that the light emanating from the at least one light source hits the reflective inner wall and deflects it towards the bottom screen;
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- h. an eye light-guard.
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A method to self-detect eye opacities, the method comprising:
- a. utilizing a device, the device comprising:
- i. a housing having a bottom end, a top end, and an enclosure connectively attached to, and respectively spacing, the bottom end from the top end;
- ii. an energy source disposed inside the housing and nearby the bottom end;
- iii. at least one light source, disposed inside the housing nearby bottom end;
- iv. an on-off power switch connectively connected and disposed in between the energy source and the at least one light source, capable of permitting and interrupting energy flow to the at least one light source;
- v. a bottom screen disposed at the top end of the housing and having at least two orifices of varied diameters and disposed on a circular pattern;
- vi. a orifice selection screen disposed on top of the bottom screen connectively connected to the bottom screen through a center pin permitting the orifice selection screen to rotate around the center pin and having a small orifice that is larger than the largest orifice of the at least two orifices of the bottom screen and it is disposed at the same radius as the bottom screen at least two orifices;
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- vii. an eye light-guard;
- b. turning the on-off power switch such that energy flows to the at least one light source and the at least one light source is illuminated;
- c. rotating the orifice selection screen such that its orifice aligns and corresponds with one of the at least two pinholes of the bottom screen;
- d. placing an eye light-guard such that the eye is closely positioned and aligned with the center of the orifice selection screen's orifice;
- e. observing a luminous circle corresponding to the aperture of the eye's pupil;
- f. observing eye's fixed and moving particles and opacities;
- g. rotating the orifice selection screen such that it corresponds and aligns with one of the at least two bottom screen's orifices that provides the most suitable observation of the eye opacities;
- h. forcefully blinking the eye;
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- i. observing the fixed opacities.
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A method to self-detect and determine the position of an opacity's shadow projected on the retina, the method comprising:
- a. utilizing a device, the device comprising:
- i. a housing having a bottom end, a top end, and an enclosure having a bottom segment contiguously connected to a elbow segment, disposed at an angle with respect to the bottom segment, contiguously connected to a top segment, disposed at an angle with respect to the elbow segment, the enclosure connectively attached to, and respectively spacing, the bottom end from the top end;
- ii. an energy source disposed inside the housing and nearby the bottom end;
- iii. at least one light source, disposed inside the housing nearby the bottom end;
- iv. an on-off power switch connectively connected and disposed in between the energy source and the at least one light source, capable of permitting and interrupting energy flow to the at least one light source;
- v. a bottom screen disposed at the top end of the housing and having at least two orifices of varied diameters and disposed on a circular pattern;
- vi. a orifice selection screen disposed on top of the bottom screen connectively connected to the bottom screen through a center pin permitting the selection top screen to rotate around the center pin and having a small orifice that is larger than the largest orifice of the at least two orifices of the bottom screen and it is disposed at the same radius as the bottom screen at least two orifices;
- vii. a reflective inner wall engraved with a reticular pattern disposed on the elbow segment, whereby the reflective inner wall is positioned such that the light emanating from the at least one light source hits the reflective inner wall and deflects it towards the bottom screen;
- viii. an eye light-guard;
- b. turning the on-off power switch such that energy flows to the at least one light source and the at least one light source is illuminated;
- c. rotating the orifice selection screen such that its orifice aligns and corresponds with one of the at least two orifices of the bottom screen;
- d. placing an eye on the eye light-guard such that the eye is closely positioned and aligned with the center of the orifice selection screen's orifice;
- e. observing a luminous circle corresponding to the aperture of the eye's pupil;
- f. observing eye's fixed and moving particles and opacities;
- g. rotating the orifice selection screen such that it corresponds and aligns with one of the at least two bottom screen's orifices that provides the most suitable observation of the eye opacities;
- h. observing the position of the eye's fixed and moving particles and opacities with respect to the reticular pattern;
- i. noting the position of the eye's fixed and moving particles and opacities with respect to the reticular pattern;
- j. forcefully blinking the eye;
- k. observing the fixed opacities;
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- l. noting the position of the eye's fixed opacities with respect to another reticula with the date of observation.
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A method to self-detect and determine the position of an opacity's shadow projected on the retina, the method comprising:
- a. utilizing a device, the device comprising:
- i. a housing having a bottom end, a top end, and an enclosure connectively attached to, and respectively spacing, the bottom end from the top end;
- ii. an energy source disposed inside the housing;
- iii. at least one light source, disposed inside the housing on the top end;
- iv. an on-off power switch connectively connected and disposed in between the energy source and the at least one light source, capable of permitting and interrupting energy flow to the at least one light source;
- v. a bottom screen, forming the top end of the housing, having at least two orifices of varied diameters and disposed on a circular pattern;
- vi. a orifice selection screen disposed on top of the bottom screen connectively connected to the bottom screen through a center pin permitting the selection top screen to rotate around the center pin and having a small orifice that is larger than the largest orifice of the at least two orifices of the bottom screen and it is disposed at the same radius as the bottom screen at least two orifices;
- vii. a reflective inner wall engraved with a reticular pattern disposed on the bottom end, whereby the reflective inner wall is positioned such that the light emanating from the at least one light source hits the reflective inner wall and deflects it towards the bottom screen;
- viii. an eye light-guard;
- b. turning the on-off power switch such that energy flows to the at least one light source and the at least one light source is illuminated;
- c. rotating the pinhole selection screen such that its orifice aligns and corresponds with one of the at least two orifices of the bottom screen;
- d. placing an eye on the eye light-guard such that the eye is closely positioned and aligned with the center of the orifice selection screen's orifice;
- e. observing a luminous circle corresponding to the aperture of the eye's pupil;
- f. observing eye's fixed and moving particles and opacities;
- g. rotating the orifice selection screen such that it corresponds and aligns with one of the at least two bottom screen's orifices that provides the most suitable observation of the eye opacities;
- h. observing the position of the eye's fixed and moving particles and opacities with respect to the reticular pattern;
- i. noting the position of the eye's fixed and moving particles and opacities with respect to the reticular pattern;
- j. forcefully blinking the eye;
- k. observing the fixed opacities;
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- l. noting the position of the eye's fixed opacities with respect to another reticula with the date of observation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.