Abstract: Fixational eye movement may be analyzed to determine one or more characteristics thereof. Exemplary characteristics include measurements of microsaccade and drift measurement. These measurements may be correlated to a value for a diagnostic indicator for a neurological disorder or disease. These correlations may be used to diagnose, monitor, and prognosticate neurological disorders without administration of traditionally used neurological function tests or analysis of biological samples by which the diagnostic indicators are typically determined.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 26, 2019
Date of Patent:
May 6, 2025
Assignees:
C. Light Technologies, Inc., The Regents of the University of California
Inventors:
Christy K. Sheehy, Ari Green, Zachary Helft
Abstract: A binocular scanning laser ophthalmoscope (SLO) is used to track the fixational eye movement of each of the eyes of a subject. The binocular SLO may include right eye optics for imaging a portion of the retina of the right eye and left eye optics for imaging a portion of the retina of the left eye. Shifts in the imaged portion of the retina with respect to a reference image of the retina may be used to measure and track eye movement. The right eye optics and left eye optics may be separate imaging paths, each with its own bi-directional MEMS scanning mirror and Keplerian telescope. The use of the MEMS scanning mirrors minimizes the size and weight of the binocular SLO.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 6, 2023
Date of Patent:
April 22, 2025
Assignee:
C. Light Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Christy Sheehy, Zachary Helft, Andrew Norton, Taylor Page, Michael Simonsen, Yun Hui Ni
Abstract: A monocular and/or a binocular system may be used to generate one or more images, or videos, of a subject's retina by scanning in one or two directions in one or two dimensions to, for example, measure and/or report fixation, smooth pursuit, and/or saccadic responses of the subject's eye. The scanning and/or image generation process may be optimized to correct for distortions in the subject's eye and/or improve SNR among one or a plurality of retinal images. In some cases, the retinal images may be used to train a retinal feature detection model and/or algorithm that may be used to make predictions and/or inferences regarding a visual pattern showing features of subsequently received retinal images. These models and/or predicted patterns present within the models may be used by the retinal feature detection model and/or algorithm to monitor features of the retina and, in some instances, track voluntary and/or involuntary eye motion.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 22, 2022
Publication date:
February 20, 2025
Applicant:
C. Light Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Christy K. Sheehy, Mark Mackanos, Jason Karp, Daniel Gray, Scott Liddle, Nathan Luck, Joe Xing, Calen Walshe, Andrew Norton, Jacqueline Theis
Abstract: A binocular scanning laser ophthalmoscope (SLO) is used to track the fixational eye movement of each of the eyes of a subject. The binocular SLO may include right eye optics for imaging a portion of the retina of the right eye and left eye optics for imaging a portion of the retina of the left eye. Shifts in the imaged portion of the retina with respect to a reference image of the retina may be used to measure and track eye movement. The right eye optics and left eye optics may be separate imaging paths, each with its own bi-directional MEMS scanning mirror and Keplerian telescope. The use of the MEMS scanning mirrors minimizes the size and weight of the binocular SLO.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 10, 2021
Date of Patent:
October 10, 2023
Assignee:
C. Light Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Christy Sheehy, Zachary Helft, Andrew Norton, Taylor Page, Michael Simonsen, Yun Hui Ni
Abstract: A binocular scanning laser ophthalmoscope (SLO) is used to track the fixational eye movement of each of the eyes of a subject. The binocular SLO may include right eye optics for imaging a portion of the retina of the right eye and left eye optics for imaging a portion of the retina of the left eye. Shifts in the imaged portion of the retina with respect to a reference image of the retina may be used to measure and track eye movement. The right eye optics and left eye optics may be separate imaging paths, each with its own bi-directional MEMS scanning mirror and Keplerian telescope. The use of the MEMS scanning mirrors minimizes the size and weight of the binocular SLO.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 14, 2017
Date of Patent:
December 14, 2021
Assignee:
C. Light Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Christy Sheehy, Zachary Helft, Andrew Norton, Taylor Page, Michael Simonsen, Yun Hui Ni