METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A CONDITION OF AN EYE

• US 20100016704A1
• Filed: 07/16/2008
• Published: 01/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: University of Louisville
• Original Assignee: University of Louisville
• Inventors: Aebersold, Julia, van der Pol, Paul, Roussel, Thomas, Kaplan, Henry J., Naber, John F., Walsh, Kevin, Jackson, Douglas J., Keynton, Robert S.
• Application Number:
  US12/174,458
• Publication Number:
  US 20100016704A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/398
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 3/16 for measuring intraocular pressure, e.g. tonometers
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4839 combined with drug delivery

Abstract

A method, system, and computer-readable medium are provided which monitor a condition of an eye. The system includes a communication interface and a processor operably coupled to the communication interface. The communication interface is configured to receive an intraocular pressure measurement datum and a time datum associated with the time the intraocular pressure measurement was measured using an eye measurement system. The processor is configured to receive the intraocular pressure measurement datum and the time datum, to receive a dispensed amount datum associated with an amount of a drug administered to an eye of a user and a second time datum associated with the time the drug was administered, and to store the received intraocular pressure measurement datum, the received time datum, the received dispensed amount datum, and the received second time datum to monitor a condition of the eye.

Claims

1. A system, the system comprising:

a communication interface configured to receive an intraocular pressure measurement datum and a time datum associated with the time the intraocular pressure measurement was measured using an eye measurement system; and

a processor operably coupled to the communication interface to receive the intraocular pressure measurement datum and the time datum, the processor configured to

receive a dispensed amount datum associated with an amount of a drug administered to an eye of a user and a second time datum associated with the time the drug was administered; and

store the received intraocular pressure measurement datum, the received time datum, the received dispensed amount datum, and the received second time datum to monitor a condition of the eye.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication interface is further configured to receive the dispensed amount datum.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising a drug dispenser and a sensor configured to detect the amount of the drug dispensed to the eye of the user using the drug dispenser.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising a display to present the received intraocular pressure measurement datum to the user.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising a display to present the received dispensed amount datum to the user.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication interface is further configured to send the received intraocular pressure measurement datum and the received dispensed amount datum to a second device.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication interface comprises an antenna configured to generate a field that couples with a second antenna of the eye measurement system to receive the intraocular pressure measurement datum.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the antenna is a coil antenna.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the field that couples with the second antenna of the eye measurement system provides energy to the eye measurement system.

10. The system of claim 7, further comprising the eye measurement system, wherein the eye measurement system comprises the second antenna and a sensor operably coupled to the second antenna and configured to obtain the intraocular pressure measurement.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the eye measurement system is mounted on an intraocular lens.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the eye measurement system is mounted within an intraocular lens.

13. The system of claim 1, further comprising an indicator configured to indicate that administration of the drug is needed.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to determine if an office visit to an eye care specialist is needed based on data associated with the received intraocular pressure measurement.

15. The system of claim 1, further comprising an indicator configured to indicate that the intraocular pressure measurement is needed.

16. A computer-readable medium comprising computer-readable instructions therein that, upon execution by a processor, cause the processor to monitor a condition of an eye, the instructions configured to cause a computing device to:

receive an intraocular pressure measurement datum and a time datum associated with the time the intraocular pressure measurement was measured using an eye measurement system;

receive a dispensed amount datum associated with an amount of a drug administered to an eye of a user and a second time datum associated with the time the drug was administered; and

store the received intraocular pressure measurement datum, the received time datum, the received dispensed amount datum, and the received second time datum to monitor a condition of the eye.

17. A method of monitoring a condition of an eye, the method comprising:

receiving an intraocular pressure measurement datum and a time datum associated with the time the intraocular pressure measurement was measured using an eye measurement system at a first device;

receiving a dispensed amount datum associated with an amount of a drug administered to an eye of a user and a second time datum associated with the time the drug was administered at the first device; and

storing the received intraocular pressure measurement datum, the received time datum, the received dispensed amount datum, and the received second time datum at the first device to monitor a condition of the eye.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising sending the stored intraocular pressure measurement datum, the stored time datum, the stored dispensed amount datum, and the stored second time datum from the first device to a second device.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising detecting, at the first device, the amount of the drug administered to the eye of a user.

20. The method of claim 17, further comprising detecting, at the first device, a cap removal from a dispenser used to administer the drug to the eye of a user.

21. The method of claim 17, further comprising providing power to the eye measurement system from the first device while receiving the measurement.

22. The method of claim 17, further comprising triggering an indicator to indicate that administration of the drug is needed.

23. The method of claim 17, further comprising determining if administration of the drug is needed based on the received intraocular pressure measurement.

24. The method of claim 17, further comprising triggering an indicator to indicate that the intraocular pressure measurement is needed.

25. The method of claim 24, further comprising determining when to trigger the indicator before triggering the indicator.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the determination is based on one or more parameter selected from the group consisting of one or more received measurement, a time of day, a pressure measurement, a temperature measurement, and a movement of the user.