IP Library Granted Patent US 9,456,739
Granted Patent B2
US 9,456,739 · App. 14/532,858 · Granted Oct 4, 2016

Method for assessing residual accommodation in presbyopic eyes

Inventors: John A. Campin (Southlake, TX); George H. Pettit (Fort Worth, TX); Daniel W. Stanley (Midlothian, TX)
Assignee: NOVARTIS AG
A61B3/0025A61B3/10A61B3/102A61B3/1173
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Patent No.
US 9,456,739
App. No.
14/532,858
Granted
Oct 4, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system for determining an accommodative force in a patient includes a sensor adapted to detect motion of a lens of the patient relative to a globe of the patient's eye, a controller configured to determine an accommodative force in the patient based on the relative motion and to determine at least one parameter for an intraocular lens based on the accommodative force, and an interface adapted to output the at least one parameter for the intraocular lens.

Claims (21)

1. A system for determining an accommodative force in a patient, comprising:

a sensor adapted to detect motion of a lens of the patient relative to a globe of the patient's eye;

a controller configured to determine an accommodative force in the patient based on the relative motion and to determine at least one parameter for an intraocular lens based on the accommodative force; and

an interface adapted to output the at least one parameter for the intraocular lens.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor comprises a light source and a photosensor.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the photosensor detects Purkinje reflections from an anterior surface of the eye and from at least one surface of the lens.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor is an optical coherence tomography (OCT) sensor.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor is an ultrasound sensor.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one parameter is a haptic tension for the intraocular lens.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one parameter is a fill volume for the intraocular lens.

8. A method of determining a parameter for an intraocular lens, comprising:

measuring motion of a lens of a patient relative to a globe of the patient's eye;

determining an accommodative force in the patient based on the relative motion;

determining at least one parameter for an intraocular lens based on the accommodative force; and

outputting the at least one parameter for the intraocular lens.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the motion of the lens is measured using a light source and a photosensor.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the photosensor detects Purkinje reflections from an anterior surface of the eye and from at least one surface of the lens.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the motion of the lens is measured using an optical coherence tomography (OCT) sensor.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the motion of the lens is measured using an ultrasound sensor.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the at least one parameter is a haptic tension for the intraocular lens.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein the at least one parameter is a fill volume for the intraocular lens.

Assignments (3)
CONFIRMATORY DEED OF ASSIGNMENT EFFECTIVE APRIL 8, 2019 Recorded Dec 10, 2019
From: NOVARTIS AG
To: ALCON INC.
Reel/Frame 051454/0788 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2014
From: CAMPIN, JOHN A.; PETTIT, GEORGE H.; STANLEY, DANIEL W.
To: ALCON RESEARCH, LTD.
Reel/Frame 034102/0643 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2014
From: ALCON RESEARCH, LTD.
To: NOVARTIS AG
Reel/Frame 034102/0673 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61918877 · Dec 20, 2013
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