System and method for predictive ophthalmic correction
AssigneeBausch & Lomb Incorporated
InventorsIan G. Cox, Barry T. Eagan, Howard Markman, Kamal Sarbadhikari, Kristian Hohla, Gerhard Youssefi, Craig Schoof
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Abstract
A system and method for providing a predictive outcome in the form of a predictive best instruction for a therapeutic ophthalmic correction of a patient's vision defects. The predictive best instruction is derived from prospective therapeutic-outcome-influencing, new information that is analyzed in conjunction with optimized, historical therapeutic-outcome information. The instruction is preferably an optimized, custom, photoablative algorithm for driving a photoablative, excimer laser. The instruction can be provided on a fee basis.
Claims63
A system that provides a predictive outcome for a proposed therapeutic ophthalmic correction, comprising:
- a collecting and transmitting station for collecting a prospective, therapeutic-outcome-influencing, new information metric relating to at least one of a patient, a practitioner, a diagnostic measurement, a therapeutic condition, and an environmental condition, and for transmitting said plurality of new information to a computing station, wherein said computing station includes means for
- a) receiving said new information metric,
- b) storing a plurality of optimized historical therapeutic-outcome information derived from an optimization analysis of prospective therapeutic-outcome-influencing, historical information relating to at least one of a patient, a practitioner, a diagnostic measurement, a therapeutic condition, and an environmental condition, and
- c) providing an output comprising a predictive best instruction that is derived from an analysis of the new information in conjunction with the optimized historical information to facilitate an improved therapeutic ophthalmic correction.
A system that provides a predictive outcome for a therapeutic ophthalmic correction, comprising a computing station having a data structure that contains an optimized historical therapeutic-outcome information metric derived from an optimization analysis of a plurality of prospective therapeutic-outcome-influencing, historical information metrics, wherein the computing station is programmed to receive a plurality of prospective therapeutic-outcome-influencing, new information including at least ophthalmic defect information about a patient, wherein said computing station is further programmed to provide in a suitable form an outcome-predictive best instruction based upon an analysis of the new information in conjunction with the historical outcome information.
A system that provides a predictive outcome for a therapeutic ophthalmic correction, comprising:
- a) a diagnostic station that acquires a new, ophthalmic information metric from a patient and export the new information metric;
- b) a data collection and transfer station cooperatively engaged with the diagnostic station that receives and further exports the new information metric;
- c) a computing station communicatively engaged with the data collection and transfer station, said computing station including a data structure containing optimized historical therapeutic-outcome information, programmed to receive and transmit information and to analyze each respective new information metric in conjunction with the optimized historical therapeutic-outcome information and, further, to generate a predictive best instruction;
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- d) a therapeutic station cooperatively engaged with the computing station, having a capability to execute the predictive best instruction.
A method for providing a predictive outcome for a therapeutic ophthalmic correction, comprising:
- a) collecting a therapeutic-outcome-influencing, new information metric including at least ophthalmic defect information about a patient;
- b) analyzing said new information in conjunction with a plurality of optimized, historical therapeutic outcome information for the determined ophthalmic defect;
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- b) generating, via the computing device, a predictive best instruction for facilitating an optimized outcome of the ophthalmic therapeutic correction.
A method for providing a predictive outcome for a therapeutic ophthalmic correction, comprising:
- a) obtaining a new information metric, said new information metric relating to an ophthalmic defect condition of a patient;
- b) maintaining a database of optimized, historical ophthalmic outcome information, said ophthalmic outcome information being related to the ophthalmic defect condition;
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- c) providing a predictive best instruction for the therapeutic ophthalmic correction, wherein the predictive best instruction is provided on a transactional basis.
A computer-readable or device-readable medium having stored thereon an executable instruction that is intended to provide a predictive outcome for a therapeutic ophthalmic correction, wherein said instruction is a predicted best instruction that is derived from an analysis of a new information metric relating to an ophthalmic condition of a patient, in conjunction with an optimized, historical, therapeutic-outcome information metric.
A data structure associated with a computing device that generates a predictive best instruction for a therapeutic ophthalmic correction, said data structure performing a method comprising the steps of:
- a) receiving a new information metric, said new information metric relating to an ophthalmic defect condition of a patient;
- b) maintaining a database of optimized historical ophthalmic outcome information, said ophthalmic outcome information being related to the ophthalmic defect condition;
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- c) generating a predictive best instruction for the therapeutic ophthalmic correction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.