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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2014
Applicant:
Dignity Health, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Susana N. Martinez-Conde, Anthem, AZ (US);
Stephen L. Macknik, Anthem, AZ (US);
Xoana Troncoso, Anthem, AZ (US);
Jorge Otero-Millan, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Dignity Health, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/14 (2006.01); A61B 3/113 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/113 (2013.01); A61B 5/1103 (2013.01); A61B 5/4082 (2013.01); A61B 5/6821 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus including identifying a plurality of at least partially repetitive eye movements of a person, the eye movements defined by a first predominantly horizontal saccadic movement that moves the eye away from a fixation target followed by a corrective saccadic movement towards the target shortly thereafter, measuring a vertical component associated with the plurality of eye movements and comparing the vertical component with a predetermined threshold value.