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Patent No.:

US 12527471 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026

Filed:

Sep. 19, 2022

Method and system for monitoring corneal tissue health

Applicant:

W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);

Inventors:

Gopalan V. Balaji, Kennett Square, PA (US);

Jose J. De La Cruz, Chicago, IL (US);

Theodore C. Fleck, Newark, DE (US);

Genevieve M. Gurczenski, Elkton, MD (US);

Thomas B. Schmiedel, Middletown, DE (US);

Esen K. Akpek, Baltimore, MD (US);

Assignees:

W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);

The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);

Attorney:

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Primary Examiner:

Jack Dinh

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/10 (2006.01); A61B 3/107 (2006.01); G16H 50/20 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/1005 (2013.01); A61B 3/102 (2013.01); A61B 3/107 (2013.01); G16H 50/20 (2018.01);
Abstract

Methods, apparatuses, and systems for monitoring health of corneal tissue are disclosed. The system includes a corneal measurement device configured to measure a first state of health indicator that is tissue opacity or density of a region of the corneal tissue during a first period of time and a second state of health indicator that is tissue opacity or density of the region during a second period of time after the first period of time. The system further includes a processing unit configured to receive the first and second state of health indicators from the corneal measurement device and generate a health map of the region based on the first and second state of health indicators, the health map indicative of a change between the first and second state of health indicators as measured from the first period of time to the second period of time in the region of the cornea.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Balaji, Gopalan. (2026). Method and system for monitoring corneal tissue health (U.S. Patent No. 12527471). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12527471

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