Vision-based diagnosis and treatment

Abstract

Devices for recognizing and responding to Strabismus and Autism are provided herein. Eye-tracking and software analysis are used to identify adverse visual characteristics of both in real time and compelling visual feedback is used to stimulate correction as those events occur.

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[0001]This application claims the benefit of U.S. Ser. No. 61 / 800,511 filed Mar. 15, 2013.That application is entitled “Vision-Based Diagnosis.” The provisional application is referred to and incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Strabismus, sometimes referred to as “lazy eye,” is a medical condition of the eye normally treated by disabling or otherwise interfering with the vision of the strong eye so that the patient will be forced to use the “lazy” one. Although the current treatments for Strabismus (chemically paralyzing, numbing or blocking the strong eye with an opaque patch) are unpleasant and, consequentially, irregularly applied, they can be effective if they are used consistently. Their effectiveness as a normative treatment for Strabismus appears to be related to the brain's ability, under external duress, to recognize and correct certain factors that result in poor vision.[0003]Autism, a pervasive developmental disorder recogniz...

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Benefits of technology

[0013]It is an object of the current invention to provide both a means for early diagnosis of autism and a means for its treatment that encourages remediation in even the youngest of patients.

[0014]It is another object of the current invention to provide a means for early diagnosis of strabismus and a means for its treatment that encourages remediation in even the youngest of patients.

[0015]Is another object of the current invention to provide a real-time response to recognized conditions that is both timely and graduated to enable minimally distraction and immediate patient comprehension of a need for correction, a recommended magnitude of correction and, where applicable, a recommended direction of correction.

[0017]It is another object of the current invention to integrate other stimuli and recognized patient symptoms into an improved diagnosis and response that benefits from multiple presented indicia.

[0018]It is another object of the current invention to execute algorithms responsive to real-time data over time to identify trends and conditions and both alert and aid physicians in treatment and analysis as well as provoke remediative user response by one or a plurality of system responses.

Problems solved by technology

Autism, a pervasive developmental disorder recognizable by physical rigidity, emotional detachment and impaired communication is both a major and a growing threat to children.

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