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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2016
Smart Eyedeas I, Llc, Los Angeles, CA (US);
David A Wallace, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Edwin J Sarver, Cookeville, TN (US);
Other;
Abstract
An apparatus for enabling corneal topography includes an attachment to align a placido disc illumination system with a camera of a mobile communication device. The placido disc illumination system generates concentric rings and reflects the concentric rings off a cornea. A portion of the reflected concentric rings are utilized to confirm vertex distance. The apparatus further comprises a memory, a processor, and computer-readable instructions in a mobile communication device. The camera captures an image of reflected concentric rings and communicates the captured image of the reflected concentric rings to an external computing device. A method for performing corneal topography utilizes a mobile computing and/or communication device, projects a plurality of peripheral concentric rings onto a subject's cornea and projects center rings onto the subject's cornea. The method further includes capturing, via a smartphone camera, an image of the projected peripheral concentric rings and the center rings.