Lens storage unit with programmable and communication elements for monitoring the condition of lenses and their response to geo-social phenomena
AssigneeJohnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
InventorsRandall B. Pugh, Edward R. Kernick, Terry O'Brien, Karson S. Putt, James Daniel Riall, Andres F. Arrubla
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Abstract
The present invention provides for a programmable processor in a ophthalmic lens storage unit for contact lenses. The processor can be in logical connection with a plurality of sensors that can provide data and a digital storage for storing the data and using it via executable software for lens monitoring. In some embodiments, the processor is additionally operative via the executable software to correlate geo-social phenomena with the optical performance of a lens.
Claims27
Apparatus for correlating geo-social phenomena to the condition of an ophthalmic lens, comprising:
- a programmable ophthalmic lens storage unit for storing one or more ophthalmic lenses, wherein the ophthalmic lens storage unit includes a processor in digital communication with a digital media storage device, wherein the digital media storage device stores executable software code;
- a transmitter and a receiver in logical communication with the processor and also in logical communication with a communication network, wherein the software is executable upon demand and operative with processor to;
- transmit and receive digital data via the transmitter and receiver;
- process stored digital data from one or more inputs and sources descriptive of a plurality of events;
- determine an order of precedence of records descriptive of events, wherein the order of precedence is determined based upon events that have an impact in an ophthalmic lens' optic performance;
- identify one or more events that can affect the optic performance of an ophthalmic lens;
- monitor the optic performance of an ophthalmic lens in an ophthalmic lens storage unit;
- correlate a change in the optic performance of the ophthalmic lens in the storage unit with the identified events;
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- transmit one or more signals to a predetermined network access device based upon the correlation of an event and the change in optical performance of the ophthalmic lens.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.