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Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014

Filed:

Aug. 10, 2011
Applicants:

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);

Inventors:

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);

Assignee:

Novartis AG, Basel, CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/00 (2006.01); A61B 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/102 (2013.01);
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.


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