Methods for imaging ocular devices using optical coherence tomography

US8708496B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Novartis AG · CH

Inventors

• Yeming Gu · Suwanee, US
• Rebeca Kyker Bowden · Seattle, US
• William J. Hall · Concord, US
• Deborah J. Mulcahy · Suwanee, US
• Yongxing Qiu · Duluth, US
• Benjamin Sullivan · San Diego, US
• Robert Carey Tucker · Suwanee, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 10, 2011
• Grant date: Apr 29, 2014
• Expiry date: Apr 19, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01M11/025
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

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.