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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2008
John R. Hetling, Dyer, IN (US);
Tamas Ban, Round Lake Beach, IL (US);
Safa Rahmani, Northbrook, IL (US);
John R. Hetling, Dyer, IN (US);
Tamas Ban, Round Lake Beach, IL (US);
Safa Rahmani, Northbrook, IL (US);
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides an electrode array device for simultaneously detecting electrical potentials at five or more locations on the anterior surface of an eye. The device comprises a dielectric lens substrate having a concave inner surface conforming to the anterior surface of the eye, and at least five recording electrodes positioned in relation to the inner surface of the lens substrate so as to make electrical connection with the anterior surface of the eye when the lens substrate is placed on the anterior surface of eye. Each recording electrode is in electrically conductive communication with a corresponding conductive contact, there being one conductive contact for each recording electrode. Each conductive contact is adapted for operable connection to signal processor, and each conductive contact is electrically insulated from the anterior surface of the eye. A computational method for analyzing electrophysiological potentials recorded at five or more locations on the anterior surface of the eye, which reflect the spatial distribution of activity of the retina, is also provided.