Intraocular system for transmitting data and power optically to an implant
Inventors
Sinha, Supriyo • Azar, Dimitri
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Publication Number
US-12470674-B2
Publication Date
2025-11-11
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Abstract
An intraocular system that includes a headset that optically transmits data and power to an implant. The headset includes a camera to capture image data that includes a visual representation of an environment of the headset and an optical transmitter to transmit the image data as an optical signal into a cornea of an eye of a user when the user is wearing the headset. The implant includes an optical receiver to receive the optical signal through the cornea and an image formation device orientated to present the image data from the optical signal onto a retina of the eye when the implant is inside the eye.
Core Innovation
The invention is an intraocular system in which a headset worn by a user captures image data of an environment and transmits the image data as an optical signal within a wavelength range into a cornea of an eye. An intraocular implant inside the eye receives the optical signal through the cornea and receives an additional optical signal at a wavelength outside of the wavelength range. An image formation device in the implant presents the image data from the optical signal onto the retina.
The invention further provides an over-the-air optical connection that is established using optical signaling between the headset and the intraocular implant. The headset transmits a request to establish an over-the-air optical connection between an optical receiver of the implant and an optical transmitter of the headset, and the implant may transmit an acknowledgement optical signal through the cornea. The image data transmission is presented after the over-the-air optical connection is established.
The invention also integrates optical power transfer to the implant while carrying image data. The headset transmits a first over-the-air optical signal to optically power the implant, and transmits a second over-the-air optical signal that comprises the image data, while also transmitting a third over-the-air optical signal comprising a request to begin transmission of the image data. The disclosed implementation includes modulated light optical signals and conditional transmission inhibited based on determining whether the user’s eye is open or closed using captured images from an inward-facing camera.
Claims Coverage
The partial content provides three independent claims. Each independent claim centers on optical transmission of image data through a cornea to an intraocular implant with retinal image formation, over-the-air optical connection establishment using request/acknowledgement, and optical powering of the implant integrated with the image data transmission.
Intraocular system with headset image capture and cornea optical image delivery
A headset including a camera to capture image data and an optical transmitter to transmit the image data as an optical signal within a wavelength range into a cornea when the user is wearing the headset; and an implant including an optical receiver to receive the optical signal through the cornea and to receive a second optical signal at a wavelength outside of the wavelength range; and an image formation device oriented to present the image data from the optical signal onto a retina when the implant is inside the eye.
Intraocular implant method receiving image data and presenting it onto the retina
Receiving, by a first optical receiver of the intraocular implant and while the intraocular implant is inside an eye of a user, an optical signal through a cornea from a headset that is being worn by the user, wherein the optical signal comprises image data captured by a camera of the headset; receiving, while the intraocular implant is inside an eye of a user, a second optical signal through a cornea from the headset, wherein the second optical signal comprises a request to establish an over-the-air optical connection between the first optical receiver and a first optical transmitter of the headset; and presenting, by an image formation device of the intraocular implant, the image data onto a retina of the eye.
Intraocular system method with optically powering the implant and over-the-air image data plus a begin request
Receiving image data captured by a camera of the headset while the headset is worn by a user, the image data including a visual representation of an environment of the headset; transmitting, by a high-powered laser diode, a first over-the-air optical signal through a cornea of an eye of the user to optically power the implant; transmitting, by a low-powered laser diode, a second over-the-air optical signal through the cornea, wherein the second over-the-air optical signal comprises the image data captured by the camera; and transmitting, by a light emitting diode (LED), a third over-the-air optical signal into the cornea of the eye and to the implant that is inside the eye, wherein the third over-the-air optical signal comprises a request to begin transmission of the image data; wherein the first and second over-the-air optical signals are directed towards the implant while the implant is inside the eye of the user.
The independent claims collectively cover headset-captured image data transmitted as optical signals through an eye cornea to an intraocular implant, retinal presentation of the received image data by an image formation device, over-the-air optical connection establishment using request/acknowledgement signaling, and optically powering the implant using over-the-air optical signals.
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