Systems and methods for enabling customers to obtain vision and eye health examinations
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Publication Number
US-11676723-B2
Publication Date
2023-06-13
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for eye health and vision examinations. A customer diagnostic center is configured to generate customer examination data pertaining to an examination of a customer's eye. The customer diagnostic center provides a user interface for communicating with a customer and ophthalmic equipment for administering tests to the customer. A diagnostic center server is configured to receive the customer examination data from the customer diagnostic center over a network and allow the customer examination data to be accessed by an eye-care practitioner. A practitioner device associated with the eye-care practitioner is configured to receive the customer examination data from the diagnostic center server and display at least a portion of the customer examination data to the eye-care practitioner. Customer evaluation data is generated pertaining to the eye-care practitioner's evaluation of the customer examination data. An eye health report is provided to the customer via the network.
Core Innovation
A system provides a remotely assisted eye examination to a customer using a diagnostic center that includes ophthalmic equipment comprising a set of instruments utilized in administering the eye examination. At least a portion of the ophthalmic equipment is coupled to an equipment controller configured to receive commands over a network to enable remote control of the ophthalmic equipment by multiple individuals during the eye examination, and the diagnostic center ophthalmic equipment includes a biomicroscope and an imaging device.
The system establishes connections between the diagnostic center and a plurality of remote devices operated by a plurality of remote individuals during the eye examination. The connections include a first connection enabling a first remote individual to transmit commands over the network to remotely control the biomicroscope and a second connection enabling a second remote individual to transmit commands over the network to remotely control the biomicroscope.
During the eye examination, the system facilitates administration of the eye examination including one or more tests with remote assistance from at least the first remote individual and the second remote individual. The imaging device captures one or more images of the customer’s eye and, during an automated analysis portion of the eye examination, automated image analysis software is executed to analyze the one or more images to diagnose or detect one or more eye health disorders. The results generated by the automated image analysis software are provided to the first remote device or the second remote device during the eye examination, and evaluation data associated with the eye examination is generated based, at least in part, on at least one of the first remote individual’s and the second remote individual’s review of the one or more tests administered to the customer.
Claims Coverage
The provided independent claims are clm-00001, clm-00011, and clm-00021. Each independent claim covers four inventive features: remotely controlled ophthalmic equipment at a diagnostic center, network connections to multiple remote individuals, imaging and automated image analysis for diagnosing or detecting eye health disorders, and generation of evaluation data based on remote review of administered tests.
Remotely controlled diagnostic-center eye examination with multiple remote individuals
A diagnostic center with ophthalmic equipment coupled to an equipment controller that receives commands over a network to enable remote control by multiple individuals, with ophthalmic equipment including a biomicroscope and an imaging device.
Multiple network connections enabling remote command transmission to remotely control the biomicroscope
Connections established between the diagnostic center and a plurality of remote devices operated by a plurality of remote individuals during the eye examination, including a first connection enabling the first remote individual to transmit commands over the network to remotely control the biomicroscope and a second connection enabling the second remote individual to transmit commands over the network to remotely control the biomicroscope.
Automated image analysis of captured eye images for diagnosing or detecting eye health disorders with remote delivery of results
Execution during an automated analysis portion of the eye examination of automated image analysis software configured to analyze one or more images captured by the imaging device to diagnose or detect one or more eye health disorders, with provision of the results generated by the automated image analysis software to a first remote device or a second remote device during the eye examination.
Evaluation data generation based on remote individuals’ review of administered tests
Generation of evaluation data associated with the eye examination based, at least in part, on at least one of the first remote individual’s and the second remote individual’s review of the one or more tests administered to the customer.
Across clm-00001, clm-00011, and clm-00021, the independent claims emphasize remotely assisted eye examination using a diagnostic center where multiple remote individuals transmit network commands to remotely control the biomicroscope, while imaging and automated image analysis diagnose or detect eye health disorders and results are provided to remote devices, with evaluation data generated based on remote review of the tests.
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