Apparatus and method for measuring vestibular ocular reflex function

Patent 5942954 Issued on August 24, 1999. Estimated Expiration Date:

August 14, 2018. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Patent References

Method of evaluating the vestibular system
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Inventor: Guinta

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Inventors

Application

No. 134329 filed on 08/14/1998

US Classes:

351/209, Including eye movement detection600/546, Detecting muscle electrical signal600/558Eye or testing by visual stimulus

Examiners

Primary: Manuel, George

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Bromberg & Sunstein LLp

Foreign Patent References

2 276 467 GB. 09/12/1994
WO 83/03341 WO. 10/12/1983

International Class

A61B 003/14

Abstract

An apparatus and method for analyzing visual and vestibular responses of a subject. One or more targets undergoing slow random motion are presented to the subject while the head of the subject is simultaneous perturbed with perturbations statistically uncorrelated with the random motion of the target. The response of the motion of the head of the subject and the motion of the subject's eyes is measured and the visual and vestibular system response dynamics are estimated based on the measured response.