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Device and method for determining retinal blood pressure values and for mapping retinal blood pressure values and perfusion pressure values

US11272838B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

IMEDOS SYSTEMS GMBH · DE

Inventors

Walthard Vilser · Rudolstadt, DE
Benedikt KRAUSS · Jena, DE
Thomas Riemer · Jena, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 24, 2018
Grant date	Mar 15, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 4, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30041
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a device and a method, by which the intraocular pressure in a patient's eye is changed by artificially applying a variable stimulation pressure causing, upon reaching specific intraocular pressure values, the presence of characteristic measurement criteria in the retina of the eye, which allow global and local retinal blood pressure values to be derived from the intraocular pressure value. Based on the retinal blood pressure values, which are determined online or preferably offline, local retinal perfusion pressure values (rPP) can be computed and represented in an image of the retina as a pressure mapping image.

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