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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2009
Applicant:
Donald Ray Nixon, Barrie, CA;
Inventor:
Donald Ray Nixon, Barrie, CA;
Assignee:
Oculus Optikgerate GmbH, Wetzler, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/14 (2006.01); A61B 3/10 (2006.01); A61B 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for grading a cataract, the method including creating a three-dimensional image of at least most of a lens of an eye having a cataract from information received from an imaging system, comparing the three-dimensional image with a first template to determine an optical density of the lens, and determining a grade for the cataract based on the comparison of the optical density of the lens and a volume of the first template. A system and computer software code for grading a cataract are also disclosed.