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Method and device for treating vision impairment

US11360328B1 · kind B1 · utility

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25Claims

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Assignee

NOVASIGHT LTD. · IL

Inventors

Ran Yam · Jerusalem, IL
Oren Yehezkel · Ramat Gan, IL
Dan Oz · Even Yehuda, IL
Tal SAMET · Mazkeret Batya, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 5, 2021
Grant date	Jun 14, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 5, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02C2202/24
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Disclosed is a wearable optical devices for a human subject, comprising: a transparent lens; a wearable frame configured to maintain the lens in front of an eye of a human subject; a transparent pixelated active optical element where the pixels of the active optical element have an optical property with a changeable value; an eye tracker; and a controller configured to set a value for an optical property of the pixels of the active optical element so as to create an image mask through which at least some of the light reaching the eye passes through, thereby modifying the image formed on the retina of the first eye.

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