Body mounted Laser Indirect Ophthalmoscope (LIO) system
Pending Publication Date: 2019-09-26
NORLASE APS
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This patent describes a body-mounted LIO system that provides greater mobility and freedom to doctors during procedures, increases efficiency, and minimizes exposure of the fiber optic cable to traumatic events that may cause it to break. The system includes a wearable assembly with components that would be part of the laser console in previous systems. It also decreases space consumption as a cart or table is no longer required for the laser console and allows for increased usage in developing countries that may not have electricity required for standard LIO treatment. The laser module, battery, and control electronics are integrated entirely into the headset of the LIO system, and a high capacity battery powers both the white light illumination of the headset and the laser. This embodiment maximizes system mobility with a three-component system.
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One of the biggest limitations with LIO systems is doctor mobility.
However, this solution is more costly, as more health care personnel are needed for each LIO procedure.
Another limitation of LIO systems is the fiber optic cable connecting the laser console to the headset.
Because the fiber optic cables are so exposed and can break easily during routine use, accidental damage is common, and they require frequent service and repair.
The fiber optic cable can be completely unexposed or, for example, routed from a utility belt, up the doctor's back, to the headset, decreasing the probability of incurring costly damage to the LIO fiber.
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[0036]The invention now will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which illustrative embodiments of the invention are shown. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art.
[0037]As used herein, the term “and / or” includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items. Further, the singular forms and the articles “a”, “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless expressly stated otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms: includes, comprises, including and / or comprising, when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and / or components, but do not pre...
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A body-mounted laser-indirect ophthalmoscope (LIO) system for delivering laser energy into an eye of a patient includes a wearable assembly which secures a control module, laser module, and / or power module (including a battery) to the body of the user. The control module receives activation signals and parameter information from an activation unit a mobile computing device and controls the laser energy emitted by the laser module based on the parameter information. The parameter information is user-provided via a graphical user interface or by voice control (e.g. recognizing voice commands in audio data captured by the mobile computing device). In the preferred embodiment, the wearable assembly includes only a headset, in which case the control, power and laser modules are provided on the headset; however, an alternative embodiment includes a utility belt from which a fiber optic cable for emitting the laser energy is routed to the headset.
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RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the benefit under 35 USC 119(e) of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62 / 646,715, filed on Mar. 22, 2018, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Ophthalmologists are medical specialists dealing with diagnosing and treating the eyes of patients. Some of these treatments involve delivering laser energy to the patient's eye. In these treatments, doctors regularly set and update parameters for the laser energy to be delivered. These parameters can include power, exposure duration, repeat interval, among other examples.[0003]Commonly, slit lamps are used for delivering the laser energy to the patient's eye. In these systems, the patients sit up in an examination chair, rest their chin on a chin rest, and place their forehead against a forehead band, both of which keep the patient's head in place during the procedure. However, some patients are unable to sit at a slit lamp due to the patien...
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Login to View More IPC IPC(8): A61B3/00G06F3/16G10L15/22A61B3/12A61F9/008A61B90/53
CPCA61B3/12A61F9/008A61B2017/00734H02J7/0021A61B2017/00221A61F2009/00863A61B2017/00973A61B2090/502A61B3/0033G10L15/22A61B90/53A61B2017/00203G06F3/167H02J7/027A61F9/00821H02J7/0047A61B90/30A61B3/1208H02J7/0048H02J2310/23
InventorFAVA, GREG
OwnerNORLASE APS