Abstract: A portable virtual reality device is disclosed that will facilitate the effective and efficient screening for TBI in military personnel in forward deployed military settings or remote locations using minimally trained staff. This includes the establishment of a protocol that will provide cost effective pre-screening of military personnel prior to deployment to establish a baseline of brain function prior to possible future injury. The efficiency of the device will promote subsequent follow-up screening to assess the effectiveness of prescribed TBI treatment. Further protocols for diagnosis and rehabilitation applications using the same virtual reality portable device will allow more advanced usage for clinicians providing ongoing evaluation and treatment.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 9, 2009
Date of Patent:
November 19, 2013
Assignee:
Neuro Kinetics, Inc.
Inventors:
Alexander D Kiderman, Howison Schroeder, Thomas Joos, Greg Frank
Abstract: A high speed pupil dilation tracking can be incorporated into a light-weight VOG system which includes at least one digital camera connected to and powered by a laptop computer through a firewire connection. An EOG system may be incorporated directly into a VOG system base. The digital camera may digitally center the pupil in both the X and Y directions. A calibration mechanism may be incorporated onto the VOG system base. The VOG system may track and record head position and VOG system base slippage. An animated eye display may provide data in a more meaningful fashion. The VOG system may be a modular design whereby the same goggle frame or base is used to build a variety of digital camera VOG systems.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 7, 2012
Publication date:
February 7, 2013
Applicant:
Neuro Kinetics, Inc.
Inventors:
Hamish G. MacDougall, Alexander D. Kiderman, John Howison Schroeder, Thomas C. Joos, Floris L. Wuyts, Steven T. Moore
Abstract: A goggle based light-weight VOG system includes at least one digital camera connected to and powered by a laptop computer through a firewire connection and allows for region of interest image processing. The VOG system is a modular design whereby the same goggle frame or base is used to build a variety of digital camera VOG systems. The VOG system may track and record head position and goggle slippage. An animated eye display may provide data in a more meaningful fashion. An EOG system may be incorporated directly into a goggle base. The digital camera may digitally center the pupil in both the X and Y directions. A calibration mechanism may be incorporated onto the goggle base. The VOG system may be a modular design whereby the same goggle frame or base is used to build a variety of digital camera VOG systems.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 30, 2007
Date of Patent:
January 11, 2011
Assignee:
Neuro Kinetics, Inc
Inventors:
John Howison Schroeder, Alexander D Kiderman, Thomas C. Joos, Floris L. Wuyts, Steven T Moore, Hamish G MacDougall
Abstract: A compact neuro-otologic testing device and method provides an image producing laser with a right hand, servo controlled galvanometric based XY interface. The high quality closed loop servo control system that can drive the target (i.e. the laser image) in excess of 1,000,000 degrees/second2 and at velocities in excess of 12000 degrees/second. The bandwidth of the XY interface is greater than 400 Hz, providing high image reproducibility. The repeatability and position accuracy of the target is +?3 arc-seconds and the field of range of the XY interface are about 60 degrees (i.e. about 60 degrees horizontal and 60 degrees vertical).
Abstract: A goggle based light-weight VOG system includes at least one digital camera connected to and powered by a laptop computer through a firewire connection and allows for region of interest image processing. An EOG system may be incorporated directly into a goggle base. The digital camera may digitally center the pupil in both the X and Y directions. A calibration mechanism may be incorporated onto the goggle base. The VOG system may track and record head position and goggle slippage. An animated eye display may provide data in a more meaningful fashion. The VOG system may be a modular design whereby the same goggle frame or base is used to build a variety of digital camera VOG systems.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 29, 2007
Date of Patent:
April 21, 2009
Assignee:
Neuro Kinetics, Inc
Inventors:
Thomas C. Joos, Alexander D Kiderman, John Howison Schroeder, Floris L. Wuyts, Steven T Moore, Hamish G MacDougall
Abstract: A goggle based light-weight VOG system includes at least one digital camera connected to and powered by a laptop computer through a firewire connection together with an integral visual light stimulus source. The digital camera may digitally center the pupil in both the X and Y directions. A calibration mechanism may be incorporated onto the goggle base. An EOG system may also be incorporated directly into the goggle. The VOG system may track and record 3-D movement of the eye, track pupil dilation, head position and goggle slippage. An animated eye display provides data in a more meaningful fashion. The VOG system is a modular design whereby the same goggle frame or base is used to build a variety of digital camera VOG systems.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 13, 2006
Date of Patent:
November 11, 2008
Assignee:
Neuro Kinetics, Inc.
Inventors:
Alexander D Kiderman, John Howison Schroeder, Thomas C. Joos, Floris L. Wuyts, Steven T Moore, Hamish G MacDougall