IP Library Granted Patent US 7,908,011
Granted Patent B2
US 7,908,011 · App. 11/927,258 · Granted Mar 15, 2011

Visual prosthesis fitting

Assignee: Second Sight Medical Products, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 7,908,011
App. No.
11/927,258
Granted
Mar 15, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and devices for fitting a visual prosthesis are described. In one of the methods, threshold levels and maximum levels for the electrodes of the prosthesis are determined and a map of brightness to electrode stimulation levels is later formed. A fitting system for a visual prosthesis is also discussed, together with a computer-operated system having a graphical user interface showing visual prosthesis diagnostic screens and visual prosthesis configuration screens.

Claims (17)

1. A computer-operated system for visual stimulation comprising a display component, the display component having a graphical user interface configured to display a visual representation of an image to a visual field of a patient, and wherein the graphical user interface is suitable for providing user feedback and suitable for supporting a method for fitting a visual prosthesis having a plurality of electrodes the graphical user interface comprising:

a first screen including means for selecting electrodes for visual stimulation, wherein selected electrodes for the visual stimulation create the visual representation displayed to the visual field of the patient; and

a second screen including a plurality of representations of threshold values within the visual representation of the visual field of the patient;

wherein the visual representation is displayed to the visual field of the patient and the plurality of electrodes are suitable to elicit perception of light.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first screen comprises an electrode window for selecting one or more electrodes to be activated.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first screen comprises a stimulation screen.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second screen provides one or more buttons that indicate which electrodes of the plurality of electrodes are activated.

5. A graphical user interface, the graphical user interface adapted to be displayed on a display component and used with a computer-operated system, the computer-operated system adapted for visual stimulation of a visual prosthesis having a plurality of electrodes, the graphical user interface configured to display a visual representation of an image to a visual field of a patient, the graphical user interface comprising:

a first screen, wherein the first screen comprises a plurality of stimulation selection buttons for visual stimulation, configured for selecting an electrode by pressing one of said plurality of stimulation selection buttons corresponding to the selected electrode;

a second screen including a plurality of representations of threshold values within the visual representation of the visual field of the patient;

wherein:

the visual representation is configured to be displayed to the visual field of the patient and is created by selecting the plurality of stimulation selection buttons based on the image, and

the plurality of electrodes are suitable to elicit perception of light.

6. The graphical user interface of claim 5 , wherein the first screen is further configured to display a plurality of windows, and wherein the plurality of windows are configured for assigning values to stimulation parameters.

7. The graphical user interface of claim 6 , wherein the stimulation parameters are at least one of stimulation amplitude of a particular electrode from the plurality of electrodes, time between successive stimulations by the particular electrode, and time differences between stimulations by one electrode in the plurality of electrodes and stimulation by another electrode in the plurality of electrodes.

8. The graphical user interface of claim 5 , wherein the second screen is further configured to display a plurality of windows, and wherein the plurality of windows are configured for configuration of a pre-set experiment on the patient by use of the visual prosthesis.

9. The graphical user interface of claim 8 , wherein the pre-set experiment is based on selection of at least one of: duration of time of an experiment, one or more electrodes from the plurality of electrodes to stimulate in the experiment, stimulation amplitude of the one or more electrodes at any given moment in time in the duration of time, and number of times to stimulate the one or more electrodes.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 3, 2023
From: VIVANI MEDICAL, INC.
To: CORTIGENT, INC.
Reel/Frame 062589/0335 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 27, 2022
From: SECOND SIGHT MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.; VIVANI MEDICAL, INC.
To: VIVANI MEDICAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 062230/0454 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 24, 2008
From: HORSAGER, ALAN MATTHEW
To: DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE
Reel/Frame 020416/0951 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 24, 2008
From: MCMAHON, PH.D., MATTHEW J.; ROY, ARUP; FINE, PH.D., IONE; GREENWALD, SCOTT; CASPI, AVRAHAM I.; MCCLURE, KELLY H.; GREENBERG, M.D., PH.D., ROBERT JAY
To: SECOND SIGHT MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.
Reel/Frame 020418/0122 →
Continuity (7)
Division 11796425 · Apr 27, 2007
Provisional Application 60795936 · Apr 28, 2006
Provisional Application 60834239 · Jul 28, 2006
Provisional Application 60838433 · Aug 16, 2006
Provisional Application 60848068 · Sep 29, 2006
Provisional Application 60834778 · Jul 31, 2006
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