7 results about "Retinal stimulation" patented technology

There is disclosed a method and system for retinal stimulation and retinal signal data collection. The system comprises a housing. The housing supports one or more light sources that are configured to expose a retina of an eye of an individual to a flash of light. The housing supports a spectrometer that is configured to record a light spectrum and an intensity of the flash of light. The housing supports a camera configured to capture image data of the eye while exposed to the flash of light.

The present invention relates to an apparatus (110) and a method (210) configured to determine a choroidal topography (218) on a region (114, 114') of the retina (116) of a human eye (117), and to the use of the apparatus (110) for determining the effect of at least one ophthalmic lens design on the choroidal topography (218). In this document, the device (110) includes: - at least two separate displays (122, 122'), each configured to provide retinal stimulation (112, 112'), thereby providing two independent retinal stimuli (112, 112'); - at least two optical transmission elements, including a first optical transmission element and a second optical transmission element, each configured to project at least one of the retinal stimulation (112, 112') or a phase map onto a region of the retina of a human eye, wherein the phase map includes a modified retinal stimulation; - a measuring device (142) for capturing a human eye by using reflected light received from a region (114, 114') on the retina (116) of the human eye (117). (117) Choroidal topography (218) on region (114, 114') of retina (116); - Optical filter (152) configured to separate reflected light received from region (114, 114') of retina (116) of human eye (117) from phase map of region (114, 114') of retina (116) of human eye (117), wherein the second optical transmission element is further configured to simultaneously project each of the at least two separate phase maps at different retinal eccentricities onto each of at least two separate regions (134, 134') of retina (116) of human eye (117), wherein these separate regions (134, 134') include peripheral region and foveal region of retina (116) of human eye (117).

There is disclosed a method and system for retinal stimulation and retinal signal data collection. The system comprises a housing. The housing supports one or more light sources that are configured to expose a retina of an eye of an individual to a flash of light. The housing supports a spectrometer that is configured to record a light spectrum and an intensity of the flash of light. The housing supports a camera configured to capture image data of the eye while exposed to the flash of light.

An apparatus and a method for determining a choroidal topography over a region on a retina of an eye of a person are disclosed. The apparatus is also used to determine an effect of an ophthalmic lens design on the choroidal topography. The apparatus includes two individual displays, two optical transfer elements, a measuring device, and an optical filter. The displays provide a retinal stimulus and the optical transfer elements projects the retinal stimulus or a phase map to a region on a retina. The phase map contains a modified retinal stimulus. The measuring device images a choroidal topography over the region on the retina by capturing reflected light. The optical filter separates the reflected light from the projected phase map. Further, the second optical transfer element simultaneously projects the individual phase maps at a different retinal eccentricity to a peripheral region and a foveal region of the retina.

A balloon type retinal stimulation device includes: a substrate unit having an insertion portion provided to be inserted into an eyeball; and a stimulation unit that is provided at one or both of one and the other surfaces of the substrate unit. The insertion portion is provided to be expandable and contractible as a fluid is injected into and discharged from an inside of the injection portion. When the insertion portion expands, one surface of the insertion portion is deformed to match a shape of the retina such that the stimulation unit is brought into close contact with the retina on which an image is formed, and the other surface of the insertion portion comes into close contact with an inner surface of the eyeball that is not a region of retina on which an image is formed, to support the insertion portion that is in contact with the region of retina on which an image is formed.

Photovoltaic retinal prosthesis is provided with optically configurable confinement of electrical field. A video stream is projected onto a retinal implant. An array of photovoltaic pixels is configured to provide retinal stimulus responsive to the video stream. The photovoltaic pixels have a common return electrode. Each pixel has an active electrode that is coupled to retinal tissue via a capacitive interface or a faradaic interface. Each pixel includes photodiode(s) connected in series between the common return electrode and the corresponding active electrode. The projected video stream is configured based on a source video stream such that one or more pixels of the retinal implant that will be dark in a next frame of the projected video stream are optically preconditioned (pre-charged) by the projected video stream during the previous frame to become sufficiently conductive to act as transient local return electrodes during the next frame of the projected video stream.