Patents Assigned to New England College of Optometry
  • Patent number: 11559199
    Abstract: A visual stimulus for a set of contrast cards is provided which comprises a hollow outer circle, opposing and identical first and second arc segment within the outer circle which are symmetrical about the vertical diameter of the outer circle, a first filled-in circle and a second filled-in circle being identical in diameter to the first filled-in circle, each residing on opposite ends of the horizontal diameter of the outer circle and each being equidistant from the center of the outer circle, a filled-in center element having a rotational center on the center of the outer circle, the center element being symmetrical about both the horizontal and vertical diameter of the outer circle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: New England College of Optometry
    Inventors: Dale Luisa Mayer, Barry S. Kran
  • Publication number: 20220031157
    Abstract: A visual stimulus for a set of contrast cards is provided which comprises a hollow outer circle, opposing and identical first and second arc segment within the outer circle which are symmetrical about the vertical diameter of the outer circle, a first filled-in circle and a second filled-in circle being identical in diameter to the first filled-in circle, each residing on opposite ends of the horizontal diameter of the outer circle and each being equidistant from the center of the outer circle, a filled-in center element having a rotational center on the center of the outer circle, the center element being symmetrical about both the horizontal and vertical diameter of the outer circle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: New England College of Optometry
    Inventors: Dale Luisa MAYER, Barry S. KRAN
  • Patent number: 11110292
    Abstract: A myopia-inhibiting treatment device produces a therapeutic light that includes components of different wavelengths in a ratio of luminosities that creates a predetermined L-cone to S-cone excitation profile that slows ocular growth, thereby mitigating development of myopia. The components comprise blue light, green light, and red light. Therapeutic light may cause an L-cone to S-cone excitation ratio in a range between 1.38 and 0.05. In some implementations the therapeutic light causes a L-cone to S-cone excitation ratio of 0.74. In some implementations the luminosity of the combined light components is greater than 700 lux.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: New England College of Optometry
    Inventors: Frances Joan Rucker, Hannah Yoon, Christopher Patrick Taylor
  • Publication number: 20190282828
    Abstract: A myopia-inhibiting treatment device produces a therapeutic light that includes components of different wavelengths in a ratio of luminosities that creates a predetermined L-cone to S-cone excitation profile that slows ocular growth, thereby mitigating development of myopia. The components comprise blue light, green light, and red light. Therapeutic light may cause an L-cone to S-cone excitation ratio in a range between 1.38 and 0.05. In some implementations the therapeutic light causes a L-cone to S-cone excitation ratio of 0.74. In some implementations the luminosity of the combined light components is greater than 700 lux.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: New England College of Optometry
    Inventors: Frances Joan Rucker, Hannah Yoon, Christopher Patrick Taylor
  • Publication number: 20170072218
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for reducing or preventing myopia is presented. In one mode, a display includes a front surface and a region is provided along at least one area of the front surface. The region provides temporal stimulation to a user viewing the display, which results in the prevention or reduction of myopia in a person viewing the display without the need for accurate accommodation or binocular fixation. In a second mode, a stand-alone device provides temporal stimulation to a user viewing the display, which results in the prevention or reduction of myopia in a person viewing the display. In a third mode, the temporal stimulation is projected into the viewer's field of view, which results in the prevention or reduction of myopia in a person viewing the projection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: New England College of Optometry
    Inventor: Frances Joan Rucker
  • Patent number: 7803153
    Abstract: A method for at least one of preventing myopia and retarding the progression of myopia is provided. The method includes measuring optical aberrations in a human eye (42, 43, 44) and correcting the optical aberrations (46). Measuring optical aberrations (42, 43, 44) may include measuring wavefront aberrations (45) of parallel light rays entering the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: New England College of Optometry
    Inventors: Frank Thorn, Richard Held, Jane E. Gwiazda, Ji C. He
  • Publication number: 20080309882
    Abstract: A method for at least one of preventing myopia and retarding the progression of myopia is provided. The method includes measuring optical aberrations in a human eye and correcting the optical aberrations. Measuring optical aberrations may include measuring wavefront aberrations of parallel light rays entering the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: New England College of Optometry
    Inventors: Frank Thorn, Richard Held, Jane E. Gwiazda, Ji C. He