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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2017
Verily Life Sciences Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Harvey Ho, Mountain View, CA (US);
Babak Amirparviz, Mountain View, CA (US);
Verily Life Sciences LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus, systems and methods employing contact lens as power source for powering a retinal implant are provided. In an aspect, a contact lens includes a substrate that forms at least part of a body of the contact lens and a circuit disposed on or within the substrate comprising. The circuit includes a power harvesting component configured to receive energy in a first form from an external power source and convert the energy from the first form to a second form and an energy transfer component configured to transmit the energy in the second form to device remote from the contact lens when the contact lens is worn over an eye.