IP Library Granted Patent US 10,888,380
Granted Patent B2
US 10,888,380 · App. 16/171,515 · Granted Jan 12, 2021

Systems and methods for intraocular lens selection

Inventors: Zsolt Bor (San Clemente, CA); Imre Hegedus (Aliso Viejo, CA)
A61B34/10G06T7/0012G06T7/73A61B2034/104A61B2034/105A61B2034/107A61B2034/108G06T2207/20081G06T2207/30041
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Patent No.
US 10,888,380
App. No.
16/171,515
Granted
Jan 12, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods for intraocular lens selection include receiving, by one or more computing devices implementing a prediction engine, pre-operative multi-dimensional images of an eye; extracting, by the prediction engine, pre-operative measurements of the eye based on the pre-operative images; estimating, by the prediction engine using a prediction model based on a machine learning strategy, a post-operative position of an intraocular lens based on the extracted pre-operative measurements; selecting a power of the intraocular lens based on the estimated post-operative position of the intraocular lens; and selecting the intraocular lens based on the selected power. In some embodiments, the systems and methods further include receiving post-operative multi-dimensional images of the eye after implantation of the selected intraocular lens, extracting post-operative measurements of the eye, and updating the prediction model based on the pre-operative measurements and the post-operative measurements.

Claims (28)

1. A method comprising: receiving, by one or more computing devices implementing a prediction engine, one or more pre-operative multi-dimensional images of an eye, wherein the pre-operative multi-dimensional images of the eye include each of: an angle to angle width describing a width of a line joining each of two angular recesses of a cornea of the eye; an angle to angle depth measured as a perpendicular distance between an intersection point on the line joining each of the two angular recesses of the cornea of the eye and a posterior corneal surface of the eye; an angle between a pupillary axis of the pre-operative eye and a line of sight axis of the eye when the eye is fixated on a fixation point; and an estimated position of a lens equator determined as an equator line between each of two intersection points of an anterior lens radius and a posterior lens radius;

extracting, by the prediction engine, one or more pre-operative measurements of the eye based on the one or more pre-operative images of the eye; estimating, by the prediction engine using a first prediction model based on a machine learning strategy, a post-operative position of an intraocular lens based on the one or more extracted pre-operative measurements of the eye; selecting a power of the intraocular lens based on at least the estimated post-operative position of the intraocular lens;

selecting the intraocular lens based on at least the selected power; receiving one or more post-operative multi-dimensional images of the eye after implantation of the selected intraocular lens;

extracting one or more post-operative measurements of the eye; and updating the first prediction model based on the one or more pre-operative measurements and the one or more post-operative measurements.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first prediction model comprises a neural network.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the post-operative position of the intraocular lens is an anterior corneal depth (ACD) of the intraocular lens or a position of an equator of the intraocular lens.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting the intraocular lens is further based on one or more of the estimated post-operative position of the intraocular lens or a diameter of a pre-operative lens.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more pre-operative measurements include one or more of a group consisting of:

a diameter of a pre-operative lens of the eye;

a pre-operative anterior chamber depth of the eye, and

a refractive power of a cornea of the eye.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting the power comprises recommending, by the prediction engine using a second prediction model, a recommended power for the intraocular lens based on at least the estimated post-operative position.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising updating the second prediction model based on the recommended power and the selected power.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising estimating, by the prediction engine using a second prediction model, a post-operative manifest refraction spherical equivalent (MRSE) based on at least the estimated post-operative position and the selected power.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

measuring an actual power-operative MRSE; and

updating the second prediction model based on the estimated post-operative MRSE and the actual power-operative MRSE.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more pre-operative multi-dimensional images are each received from a diagnostic device selected from a group consisting of an optical coherence tomography (OCT) device, a rotating Scheimpflug camera, and a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising planning one or more procedures for implantation of the intraocular lens.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying one of the one or more pre-operative multi-dimensional images annotated with one of the one or more extracted pre-operative measurements.

13. A prediction engine comprising: one or more processors; wherein the prediction engine is configured to: receive one or more pre-operative multi-dimensional images of an eye obtained by a diagnostic device, wherein the pre-operative multi-dimensional images of the eye include each of: an angle to angle width describing a width of a line joining each of two angular recesses of a cornea of the eye; an angle to angle depth measured as a perpendicular distance between an intersection point on the line joining each of the two angular recesses of the cornea of the eye and a posterior corneal surface of the eye; an angle between a pupillary axis of the pre-operative eye and a line of sight axis of the eye when the eye is fixated on a fixation point; and an estimated position of a lens equator determined as an equator line between each of two intersection points of an anterior lens radius and a posterior lens radius; extract one or more pre-operative measurements of the eye based on the one or more pre-operative images of the eye; estimate, using a first prediction model based on a machine learning strategy, a post-operative position of an intraocular lens based on the one or more extracted pre-operative measurements of the eye; recommend a power of the intraocular lens based on at least the estimated post-operative position of the intraocular lens; provide the recommended power to a user to facilitate selection of the intraocular lens for implantation; receive one or more post-operative multi-dimensional images of the eye after implantation of the selected intraocular lens; extract one or more post-operative measurements of the eye; and update the first prediction model based on the one or more pre-operative measurements and the one or more post-operative measurements.

14. The prediction engine of claim 13 , wherein the post-operative position of the intraocular lens is an anterior corneal depth (ACD) of the intraocular lens or a position of an equator of the intraocular lens.

15. The prediction engine of claim 13 , wherein the one or more pre-operative measurements include one or more of a group consisting of:

a diameter of a pre-operative lens of the eye;

a pre-operative anterior chamber depth of the eye, and

a refractive power of a cornea of the eye.

16. The prediction engine of claim 13 , further comprising estimating, by the prediction engine using a second prediction model, a post-operative manifest refraction spherical equivalent (MRSE) based on at least the estimated post-operative position and a selected power of the intraocular lens.

17. A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising a plurality of machine-readable instructions which when executed by one or more processors are adapted to cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising: receiving one or more pre-operative multi-dimensional images of an eye, wherein the pre-operative multi-dimensional images of the eye include each of: an angle to angle width describing a width of a line joining each of two angular recesses of a cornea of the eye; an angle to angle depth measured as a perpendicular distance between an intersection point on the line joining each of the two angular recesses of the cornea of the eye and a posterior corneal surface of the eye; an angle between a pupillary axis of the pre-operative eye and a line of sight axis of the eye when the eye is fixated on a fixation point; and an estimated position of a lens equator determined as an equator line between each of two intersection points of an anterior lens radius and a posterior lens radius; extracting one or more pre-operative measurements of the eye based on the one or more pre-operative images of the eye; estimating, using a prediction model based on a machine learning strategy, a post-operative position of an intraocular lens based on the one or more extracted pre-operative measurements of the eye; recommending a power of the intraocular lens based on at least the estimated post-operative position of the intraocular lens; providing the recommended power to a user to facilitate selection of the intraocular lens for implantation; receiving one or more post-operative multi-dimensional images of the eye after implantation of the selected intraocular lens; extracting one or more post-operative measurements of the eye; and updating the prediction model based on the one or more pre-operative measurements and the one or more post-operative measurements.

Assignments (9)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 16, 2020
From: ALCON RESEARCH, LLC
To: ALCON INC.
Reel/Frame 054083/0563 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 16, 2020
From: HEGEDUS, IMRE; BOR, ZSOLT
To: ALCON RESEARCH, LTD.
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CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 16, 2020
From: ALCON RESEARCH, LTD.
To: ALCON RESEARCH, LLC
Reel/Frame 054083/0507 →
CONFIRMATORY DEED OF ASSIGNMENT EFFECTIVE APRIL 8, 2019 Recorded Jul 23, 2020
From: ALCON RESEARCH, LLC
To: ALCON INC.
Reel/Frame 053293/0484 →
MERGER Recorded Jul 21, 2020
From: ALCON RESEARCH, LTD.
To: ALCON RESEARCH, LLC
Reel/Frame 053273/0022 →
CONFIRMATORY DEED OF ASSIGNMENT EFFECTIVE APRIL 8, 2019 Recorded Dec 10, 2019
From: NOVARTIS AG
To: ALCON INC.
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MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 12, 2019
From: ALCON RESEARCH, LTD.; ALCON RESEARCH, LLC
To: ALCON RESEARCH, LLC
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2019
From: ALCON RESEARCH, LLC
To: ALCON INC.
Reel/Frame 050978/0501 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 16, 2019
From: HEGEDUS, IMRE; BOR, ZSOLT
To: ALCON RESEARCH, LTD.
Reel/Frame 048021/0406 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62697367 · Jul 12, 2018
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