Interactive occlusion system
First Claim
1. An interactive occlusion system for treating amblyopia in a patient, comprising:
- a display medium;
an occlusion device adapted to selectively occlude at least one of the patient'"'"'s eyes; and
a computer system coupled to said occlusion device and said display medium, where said computer system is adapted to;
operate a treatment application displayed on the display medium;
control said occlusion device to selectively occlude at least one of the patient'"'"'s eyes;
sense the patient'"'"'s active use of the interactive occlusion system;
record an amount of time the occlusion device is controlled to selectively occlude at least one of the patient'"'"'s eyes during the period of recognition that the patient is actively using the interactive occlusion system; and
record a visual acuity level of the patient.
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Abstract
An interactive occlusion system, including software and hardware, for the treatment of amblyopia using virtual reality or other physically interactive or perceptually immersive three-dimensional or two-dimensional computer generated simulations, in which the patient'"'"'s occlusion compliance and usage time during occlusive and non-occlusive periods can be precisely recorded and the patient'"'"'s visual acuity can be accurately measured to be provided to the clinician, as well as the capacity for entering prescriptions and treatment plans for individual patients and restricting individual access to that patient'"'"'s prescription and treatment plan while allowing non-occlusive operation of the system after the prescribed occlusion time or for non-patient users.
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28 Claims
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1. An interactive occlusion system for treating amblyopia in a patient, comprising:
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a display medium;
an occlusion device adapted to selectively occlude at least one of the patient'"'"'s eyes; and
a computer system coupled to said occlusion device and said display medium, where said computer system is adapted to;
operate a treatment application displayed on the display medium;
control said occlusion device to selectively occlude at least one of the patient'"'"'s eyes;
sense the patient'"'"'s active use of the interactive occlusion system;
record an amount of time the occlusion device is controlled to selectively occlude at least one of the patient'"'"'s eyes during the period of recognition that the patient is actively using the interactive occlusion system; and
record a visual acuity level of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. An interactive occlusion system for treating amblyopia in a patient, comprising:
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a display medium;
an occlusion device adapted to selectively occlude at least one of the patient'"'"'s eyes; and
a computer system coupled to said occlusion device and said display medium, where said computer system is adapted to;
operate a treatment application displayed on the display medium;
control said occlusion device to selectively occlude at least one of the patient'"'"'s eyes;
sense the patient'"'"'s active use of the interactive occlusion system;
record an amount of time the occlusion device is controlled to selectively occlude at least one of the patient'"'"'s eyes during the period of recognition that the patient is actively using the interactive occlusion system;
retrieve a stored prescription for the patient, where said prescription comprises a desired amount of time that at least one of the patient'"'"'s eyes should be occluded, and operate the treatment application and control the occlusion device based on said prescription. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An interactive occlusion system for treating amblyopia in a patient, comprising:
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a display medium;
an occlusion device adapted to selectively occlude at least one of the patient'"'"'s eyes; and
a computer system coupled to said occlusion device and said display medium, where said computer system is adapted to;
operate a treatment application displayed on the display medium;
control said occlusion device to selectively occlude at least one of the patient'"'"'s eyes;
sense the patient'"'"'s active use of the interactive occlusion system;
record an amount of time the occlusion device is controlled to selectively occlude at least one of the patient'"'"'s eyes during the period of recognition that the patient is actively using the interactive occlusion system; and
authenticate the patient'"'"'s identity, and control the occlusion device to operate without occluding either of the patient'"'"'s eyes if the computer system is unable to authenticate the patient'"'"'s identity.
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13. An interactive occlusion system for treating amblyopia in a patient, comprising:
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a display medium;
an occlusion device adapted to selectively occlude at least one of the patient'"'"'s eyes; and
a computer system coupled to said occlusion device and said display medium, where said computer system is adapted to;
operate a treatment application displayed on the display medium, where the computer system is further adapted to select the treatment application from a plurality of available treatment applications based on the patient'"'"'s age;
control said occlusion device to selectively occlude at least one of the patient'"'"'s eyes;
sense the patient'"'"'s interaction with the treatment application; and
record an amount of treatment time the occlusion device is controlled to selectively occlude at least one of the patient'"'"'s eyes during the period of recognition that the patient is interacting with the treatment application.
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14. An interactive occlusion system for treating amblyopia in a patient, comprising:
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a display medium;
an occlusion device adapted to selectively occlude at least one of the patient'"'"'s eyes;
a computer system coupled to said occlusion device and said display medium, where said computer system is adapted to;
operate a treatment application displayed on the display medium;
control said occlusion device to selectively occlude at least one of the patient'"'"'s eyes;
sense the patient'"'"'s active use of the interactive occlusion system; and
record an amount of time the occlusion device is controlled to selectively occlude at least one of the patient'"'"'s eyes during the period of recognition that the patient is actively using the interactive occlusion system; and
a position tracking device coupled to the computer system adapted to track the position of the patient'"'"'s eyes, where the computer system is further adapted to receive the position of the patient'"'"'s eyes from the position tracking device and operate the treatment application based on the position of the patient'"'"'s eyes.
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15. A method for treating amblyopia in a patient, comprising the steps of:
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providing a display medium;
providing an occlusion device adapted to selectively occlude at least one of the patient'"'"'s eyes;
providing a computer system coupled to said display medium and occlusion device;
providing a treatment application;
operating the treatment application;
displaying output of said treatment application on said display medium;
controlling said occlusion device to selectively occlude at least one of the patient'"'"'s eyes;
sensing the patient'"'"'s active use of the computer system, display medium and occlusion device;
recording an amount of time at least one of the patient'"'"'s eyes was occluded during the period of recognition that the patient is actively using the computer system, display medium and occlusion device; and
recording a visual acuity level of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A method for treating amblyopia in a patient, comprising the steps of:
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providing a display medium;
providing an occlusion device adapted to selectively occlude at least one of the patient'"'"'s eyes;
providing a computer system coupled to said display medium and occlusion device;
providing a treatment application;
operating the treatment application;
displaying output of said treatment application on said display medium;
controlling said occlusion device to selectively occlude at least one of the patient'"'"'s eyes;
sensing the patient'"'"'s active use of the computer system, display medium and occlusion device;
recording an amount of time at least one of the patient'"'"'s eyes was occluded during the period of recognition that the patient is actively using the computer system, display medium and occlusion device;
retrieving a stored prescription for the patient, where said prescription comprises a desired amount of time that at least one of the patient'"'"'s eyes should be occluded; and
wherein said steps of operating the treatment application and controlling the occlusion device are based on said prescription. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method for treating amblyopia in a patient, comprising the steps of:
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providing a display medium;
providing an occlusion device adapted to selectively occlude at least one of the patient'"'"'s eyes;
providing a computer system coupled to said display medium and occlusion device;
providing a treatment application;
operating the treatment application;
displaying output of said treatment application on said display medium;
controlling said occlusion device to selectively occlude at least one of the patient'"'"'s eyes;
sensing the patient'"'"'s active use of the computer system, display medium and occlusion device;
recording an amount of time at least one of the patient'"'"'s eyes was occluded during the period of recognition that the patient is actively using the computer system, display medium and occlusion device; and
authenticating the patient'"'"'s identity and controlling the occlusion device to not occlude either of the patient'"'"'s eyes if the computer system is unable to authenticate the patient'"'"'s identity.
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28. A method for treating amblyopia in a patient, comprising the steps of:
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providing a display medium;
providing an occlusion device adapted to selectively occlude at least one of the patient'"'"'s eyes;
providing a computer system coupled to said display medium and occlusion device;
providing a treatment application;
operating the treatment application;
displaying output of said treatment application on said display medium;
controlling said occlusion device to selectively occlude at least one of the patient'"'"'s eyes;
sensing the patient'"'"'s active use of the computer system, display medium and occlusion device;
recording an amount of time at least one of the patient'"'"'s eyes was occluded during the period of recognition that the patient is actively using the computer system, display medium and occlusion device;
providing a position tracking device adapted to identify the position of the patient'"'"'s eyes relative to the display medium; and
receiving the position of the patient'"'"'s eyes from the position tracking device, wherein the step of operating the treatment application is based on the position of the patient'"'"'s eyes.
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