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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2016
Applicant:
Reichert, Inc., Depew, NY (US);
Inventor:
David A. Luce, Clarence Center, NY (US);
Assignee:
Reichert, Inc., Depew, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/16 (2006.01); A61B 3/107 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/165 (2013.01); A61B 3/107 (2013.01);
Abstract
A changing force is applied to a cornea to cause a corneal deformation cycle. Signal information related to a corneal radius of curvature during the corneal deformation cycle is inverted and calibrated to an effective curvature defined as the inverse of the radius of curvature of the cornea. A dynamic relationship between the effective curvature of the cornea and the force applied to the cornea during the corneal deformation cycle is represented, and at least one biomechanical property of the corneal tissue, for example a bending modulus, is determined from the dynamic relationship.