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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2011
Yeming Gu, Suwanee, GA (US);
Rebeca Kyker Bowden, Athens, GA (US);
William Jordan Hall, Atlanta, GA (US);
Deborah J. Mulcahy, Suwanee, GA (US);
Yongxing Qiu, Duluth, GA (US);
Benjamin David Sullivan, Duluth, GA (US);
Robert Carey Tucker, Suwanee, GA (US);
Yeming Gu, Suwanee, GA (US);
Rebeca Kyker Bowden, Athens, GA (US);
William Jordan Hall, Atlanta, GA (US);
Deborah J. Mulcahy, Suwanee, GA (US);
Yongxing Qiu, Duluth, GA (US);
Benjamin David Sullivan, Duluth, GA (US);
Robert Carey Tucker, Suwanee, GA (US);
Novartis AG, Basel, CH;
Abstract
Described herein are methods for imaging ocular devices. The methods generally involve (a) applying a scattering agent to the ocular device; and (b) imaging the ocular device using optical coherence tomography (OCT). The methods described herein provide useful structural information about the surface of the device with high sensitivity.