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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2011
Applicants:
Stanley Huth, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Denise Tran, Irvine, CA (US);
Huawei Zhao, Irvine, CA (US);
Alkan Gulses, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Inventors:
Stanley Huth, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Denise Tran, Irvine, CA (US);
Huawei Zhao, Irvine, CA (US);
Alkan Gulses, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
Abbott Medical Optics Inc., Santa Ana, CA (US);
Attorney:
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 ...
A61B 3/1015 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method of calculating tear film lipid and aqueous layer thicknesses and/or corneal surface refractive index from interferometry data obtained from simultaneous measurements of the aqueous and lipid layers of the tear film along with a measurement of the corneal surface reflectance.