IP Library Granted Patent US 8,851,669
Granted Patent B2
US 8,851,669 · App. 13/515,792 · Granted Oct 7, 2014

Device for causing and/or rehabilitating the binocular motivity of a patient

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Patent No.
US 8,851,669
App. No.
13/515,792
Granted
Oct 7, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a device for rehabilitating and/or causing binocular motivity through sensory stimulation of a patient, said device including a planar stand ( 10 ) that is defined by a longitudinal axis of symmetry (AA′), the stand ( 10 ) including a plurality of means for transmitting at least one sensory stimulus, said transmission means including means for viewing a visual stimulus ( 101 - 136 ) and means for transmitting an auditory stimulus adjacent to the means for viewing a visual stimulus. The transmission means are evenly arranged along isovergence arcs ( 201 - 204 ) that are placed along the stand ( 10 ). Said device moreover includes a control system ( 20 ) that is at least intended for controlling the transmission of said at least one sensory stimulus ( 101 - 136 ).

Claims (13)

1. Device for rehabilitating and/or training binocular motivity by sensory stimulation of a patient including:

a planar stand ( 10 ) defined by a longitudinal axis of symmetry (AA′), the stand ( 10 ) including a plurality of means of transmitting at least one sensory stimulus, said transmission means including means for displaying a visual stimulus ( 101 - 136 ) and means of transmitting an auditory stimulus adjacent to the means for displaying a visual stimulus, the transmission means being arranged regularly along isovergence arcs ( 201 - 204 ) positioned along the stand ( 10 );

a control system ( 20 ) designed to at least control the transmission of said at least one sensory stimulus ( 101 - 136 ).

2. The device according to claim 1 including more than two isovergence arcs, preferably four isovergence arcs ( 201 - 204 ).

3. The device according to claim 1 or claim 2 , wherein each isovergence arc ( 201 - 204 ) includes at least three means of generating a sensory stimulus, preferably nine means of generating at least one sensory stimulus.

4. The device according to claim 1 or claim 2 , wherein the stand ( 10 ) is trapezoidal or triangular.

5. The device according to claim 1 or claim 2 , wherein the stand ( 10 ) is a foldable fan.

6. The device according to claim 1 or claim 2 , including a first isovergence arc ( 201 ) at a distance (d 1 ) of 20 cm from the patient, a second isovergence arc ( 202 ) at a distance (d 2 ) of 40 cm from the patient, a third isovergence arc ( 203 ) at a distance (d 3 ) of 70 cm from the patient, a fourth isovergence arc ( 204 ) at a distance (d 4 ) of 150 cm from the patient.

7. The device according to claim 1 or claim 2 , wherein the display means consist of light sources emitting in the visible band, typically light-emitting diodes.

8. The device according to claim 1 or claim 2 , additionally including means ( 30 ) of acquiring the eye movements of the patient (P).

9. Method for rehabilitating binocular motivity by means of a binocular motivity rehabilitation device according to claim 1 or claim 2 , including a generation of a sequence designed to control the generation of at least one sensory stimulus.

10. The rehabilitation method according to claim 9 wherein the generated sequence controls successively at least two visual stimuli located on different isovergence arcs but having the same angular orientation with respect to the patient so as to generate in the patient a vergence motion.

11. The rehabilitation method according to claim 9 , wherein the generated sequence controls successively at least two visual stimuli located on different angular orientations with respect to the patient so as to generate in the patient a saccadic eye motion.

Assignments (5)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE PROPERTY NUMBER 16930208 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 060541 FRAME: 0336. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Jan 11, 2023
From: UNIVERSITE PARIS DESCARTES; UNIVERSITE PARIS DIDEROT - PARIS 7
To: UNIVERSITE DE PARIS
Reel/Frame 062387/0346 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE PROPERTY NUMBER 16930208 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 060390 FRAME: 0122. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Jan 11, 2023
From: UNIVERSITE DE PARIS
To: UNIVERSITÉ PARIS CITÉ
Reel/Frame 062387/0489 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 20, 2022
From: UNIVERSITE DE PARIS
To: UNIVERSITÉ PARIS CITÉ
Reel/Frame 060390/0122 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 20, 2022
From: UNIVERSITE PARIS DESCARTES; UNIVERSITE PARIS DIDEROT - PARIS 7; UNIVERSITE DE PARIS
To: UNIVERSITE DE PARIS
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2012
From: KAPOULA, ZOI; YANG, QING; EGGERT, THOMAS; DAUNYS, GINTAUTAS; ORSSAUD, CHRISTOPHE
To: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS)
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