Patents Examined by Mohammed Hasan
  • Patent number: 12290315
    Abstract: A method for performing an eye test includes the steps of: receiving a request from a user to perform the eye test; acquiring predetermined user identification data from the user; presenting or providing at least one test image to the user, the at least one test image including at least one test target contained therein; instructing the user to identify at least one of the at least one test target(s) contained within the at least one test image; acquiring response data associated with the user's attempt(s) to identify the at least one test target(s) contained within the at least one test image; aggregating and/or analysing the acquired user identification data and/or the response data utilising a test algorithm which determines result data; and, presenting or providing the result data to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Eyeonic Pty Limited
    Inventor: Simon Skalicky
  • Patent number: 12290317
    Abstract: Improved optical coherence tomography systems and methods to measure thickness of the retina are presented. The systems may be compact, handheld, provide in-home monitoring, allow the patient to measure himself or herself, and be robust enough to be dropped while still measuring the retina reliably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: ACUCELA INC.
    Inventors: Christian Oggenfuss, Karim Haroud, Lukas Scheibler, Matthias Pfister, Urban Schnell, Stefan Troller, Ryo Kubota, Philip M. Buscemi
  • Patent number: 12285218
    Abstract: A subjective and objective integrated precise optometry device, and an optometry method are provided. The device has a left eye optical path and a right eye optical path. Each of the single eye optical paths comprises a human eye refraction objective measurement subsystem, a human eye refraction correction subsystem, an eyeball positioning subsystem, and a subjective visual function testing subsystem. The device has functions such as objective measurement for monocular and binocular refraction, continuous subjective optometry, interpupillary distance measurement, and monocular and binocular visual function measurement (comprising, but not limited to, vision and stereopsis), and can implement subjective and objective integrated precise monocular and binocular optometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Zhejiang Aizhitong Medical Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Liangyi He
  • Patent number: 12289413
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides techniques and apparatus for capturing an image of a person's retina fundus, identifying the person, accessing various electronic records (including health records) or accounts or devices associated with the person, determining the person's predisposition to certain diseases, and/or diagnosing health issues of the person. Some embodiments provide imaging apparatus having one or more imaging devices for capturing one or more images of a person's eye(s). Imaging apparatus described herein may include electronics for analyzing and/or exchanging captured image and/or health data with other devices. In accordance with various embodiments, imaging apparatus described herein may be alternatively or additionally configured for biometric identification and/or health status determination techniques, as described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Tesseract Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence C. West, Maurizio Arienzo, Owen Kaye-Kauderer, Tyler S. Ralston, Benjamin Rosenbluth, Jonathan M. Rothberg, Jacob Coumans, Christopher Thomas McNulty
  • Patent number: 12279819
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a patient simulation system. The patient simulation includes a processor and a computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive a selection of criteria for generating a patient simulation; generate a first view of the patient simulation corresponding to the selection of criteria to be viewed in two dimensions using a clinician display; generate a second view of the patient simulation corresponding to the selection of criteria to be viewed in three dimensions using a patient display; transmit the second view of the patient simulation to the patient display; and synchronize the first view to the second view by tracking a position and head orientation of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: VIRTUALENS LLC
    Inventors: Matteo Oscar Ziff, John William Branch
  • Patent number: 12279815
    Abstract: An ophthalmological measuring device including an ocular measuring unit including a front face provided with a frame encircling a translucent plate the size and curvature of which are suitable for covering the ocular field of said patient, a device for providing uniform backlighting of the translucent plate, located behind the translucent plate, at least one camera equipped with an objective placed in line with a hole in the translucent plate, one or more point light sources in apertures on the edges of the translucent plate, for illuminating the eyes of the patient, and means for fastening one or more additional ophthalmological measuring devices to the translucent plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: E-SWIN DEVELOPPEMENT
    Inventors: Yves-Vincent Brottier, Arnaud Obin, Nelson Perrin
  • Patent number: 12279823
    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
  • Patent number: 12274501
    Abstract: A fundus imaging apparatus includes an illumination apparatus including a light source and an illumination optical system, and an imaging apparatus including an image sensor and an imaging optical system. The illumination optical system irradiates a fundus with light from the light source. The imaging optical system forms an image of the fundus on the image sensor. An optical axis of the illumination optical system does not match an optical axis of the imaging optical system, or the illumination optical system does not have a specific optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: TAMRON CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kodai Yamane
  • Patent number: 12268447
    Abstract: In an embodiment, multiple conjugate planes are used to create a plurality of optical pupil planes and a plurality of image planes. These optical planes solve multiple problems and introduce significant performance enhancements in the system. In one implementation of a disclosed embodiment, the measurement channel is based on the reverse Shack-Hartmann principle. By introducing a relay system (for example a 4-f lens system) the slit plane could be made conjugate to the measured system pupil plane (unlike a previous implementation where the slits were places away from the pupil plane as it was not accessible directly). Creating a virtual pupil plane allows for more accurate placement of the plane without the need for contact with the measured optical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: EyeQue Inc.
    Inventors: Noam Sapiens, John Serri
  • Patent number: 12262947
    Abstract: Systems and methods for retinal imaging are provided. A heads-up display (HUD) can be integrated with advanced retinal imaging modalities, including optical coherence tomography (OCT) and fundoscopy (e.g., fluorescence fundoscopy). The HUD can serve as a crucial component of this approach, offering several key functionalities (e.g., a fixation target and/or a means for dark adaptation).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: The Florida International University Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Wei-Chiang Lin, Shuliang Jiao, Rui Zhou, Nikolaos Tsoukias
  • Patent number: 12256991
    Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus includes a device body having an eye information acquisition unit including an objective optical system configured to acquire information of a subject's eye, a drive unit configured to move the eye information acquisition unit relative to the subject's eye in upward-downward, rightward-leftward, and forward-rearward directions, and a control unit configured to control the eye information acquisition unit and the drive unit and a casing covering the device body and having an opening provided with a cover configured to cover the opening, and the cover includes a first cover portion movable to the casing in the upward-downward and rightward-leftward directions, being disposed in the opening not to move in the forward-rearward direction and a second cover portion attached to an outer periphery of the objective optical system and inserted into the first cover portion, being movable to the first cover portion in the forward-rearward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Youki Okuda
  • Patent number: 12256990
    Abstract: There is provided a method of processing image data defining a fundus image of a retina to include supplementary information on a designated feature in the fundus image, comprising: designating (S10) a feature in the fundus image; receiving (S20) OCT data of a C-scan of the retina; selecting (S30) a subset of the OCT data representing a volumetric image of a part of the retina at a location on the retina corresponding to a location of the designated feature in the fundus image; processing (S40) the selected subset to generate, as the supplementary information, supplementary image data indicative of a variation, along a depth direction of the retina, of a measured reflectance of the eye in the selected subset; and combining (S50) the image data with the supplementary image data, such that an image defined by the combined data provides an indication of the variation at the designated feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: OPTOS PLC
    Inventor: Alan Duncan Fleming
  • Patent number: 12251304
    Abstract: Various embodiments of selection of a toric intraocular lens (tIOL) for use in correcting an astigmatism using are disclosed. One of an overcorrecting tIOL and an undercorrecting tIOL may be selected based on, among other things, an estimated misalignment. The estimated misalignment may include all contributions to misalignment of a tIOL when implanted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Inventor: Samir Sayegh
  • Patent number: 12245809
    Abstract: An optometry device for testing an individual's eye, includes a refraction test unit having an optical system for providing different vision correction powers close to the eye of the individual, and a display unit adapted to produce a visual test image for the individual's eye, the visual test image being visible through an exit aperture of the test unit of the optometry device. The display unit includes a screen adapted to display a test picture used in producing the visual test image and at least one optical element having an optical power. The optical element presents an active state in which it exhibits a non zero refraction power placed on an optical path of the light emitted by the screen and exiting the device through the exit aperture, and an inactive state in which it introduces no refractive power on the optical path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Stéphane Boutinon, Léonard Hartmann, Bernard Brechemier, Mai-Lan Boytard
  • Patent number: 12245813
    Abstract: A target surface in an eye is located using a dual aiming beam apparatus that transmits a first aiming beam of light and a second aiming beam of light. An optics subsystem receives a laser beam from a laser source, the first aiming beam of light, and the second aiming beam of light, and directs the beams of light to be incident with the target surface and aligns the beams of light such that they intersect at a point corresponding to a focus of the laser beam. An imaging apparatus captures an image of the target surface including a first spot corresponding to the first aiming beam of light and a second spot corresponding to a second aiming beam of light. A separation between the spots indicates that the focus is away from the target surface, while overlapping spots indicate the focus is at or on the target surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: ViaLase, Inc.
    Inventors: Tibor Juhasz, Ferenc Raksi, Manu Sharma, Hadi Srass, Carlos G. Suarez, Guy Holland, Wesley W. Lummis, Eric R. Mikula, Virginia Lin
  • Patent number: 12239378
    Abstract: Various embodiments for eye imaging, screening, diagnosis, and monitoring are provided. Some embodiments comprise systems for retinal imaging capable of capturing multiple high resolution images using multiple quick succession flashes. The images can be combined to provide for a complete image of the retina of a target FOV without corneal reflections. In some embodiments, a system for retinal imaging can utilize an optical design pupil layout that allocates a large area for the path of imaging rays on the eye pupil by using a narrow buffer area. In other embodiments, a system for retinal imaging can comprise a main device, including an imaging and sensing device, and a robotic system, including an eye tracker and/or sensors, wherein the robotic system is capable of automatically aligning the main device and selecting an optimal imaging mode by detecting a pupil size of an eye and is combined with an AI analysis tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: EYENUK, INC.
    Inventors: Ji Sun Moon, Malavika Bhaskaranand, Chaithanya Amai Ramachandra, Gregory John Alexander Russell, Kaushal Mohanlal Solanki
  • Patent number: 12239377
    Abstract: An ophthalmological topographer is disclosed. The ophthalmological topographer includes a corneal topographer and a scleral measurement device including one or more scleral projection systems. Methods of determining topography are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: MEDMONT INTERNATIONAL PTY LTD
    Inventors: Paul Lichtenauer, Robert Heavyside
  • Patent number: 12239373
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for vision rehabilitation are provided, wherein the apparatus includes a communication component, a visualization component and a processing component configured to receive, through the communication component, a plurality of data that define a visual field of at least one eye of a patient, generate a therapeutic image on the basis of the plurality of data, and visualized, through the visualization component, the therapeutic image, wherein the therapeutic image has geometric and/or chromatic features which, if perceived by the patient, stimulate a regeneration of tissues comprised in the visual apparatus of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Politecnico Di Torino
    Inventors: Umberto Lucia, Giulia Grisolia, Marco Actis Grande, Bartolomeo Montrucchio, Maria Rosa Astori, Emilio Paolucci, Antonio Ponzetto
  • Patent number: 12226153
    Abstract: An image signal output device including an acquisition section configured to acquire a fundus image, a selection section configured to select a projection for displaying the acquired fundus image from plural projections, a conversion section configured to convert the fundus image into the selected projection, and a processing section configured to output an image signal of the converted fundus image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasushi Tanabe, Tomoharu Fujiwara, Mariko Hirokawa
  • Patent number: 12228728
    Abstract: One example implementation of a mirror system comprises a carrier, and a first chip package arranged on a surface of the carrier and comprising a first MEMS mirror. Furthermore, the mirror system comprises a second chip package arranged on the surface of the carrier and comprising a second MEMS mirror. The mirror system furthermore comprises a reflective element arranged over the surface of the carrier and above the first chip package and the second chip package in such a way that a radiation that is incident in the mirror system and is reflected by the first MEMS mirror in the direction of the reflective element is reflected by the reflective element in the direction of the second MEMS mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Horst Theuss, Klaus Elian, Cyrus Ghahremani