Title:
METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING A DISEASE STATE USING OCULAR CHARACTERISTICS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2004056278
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A method for diagnosing a disease state in a subject, including examining the subject's eyes in order to determine whether the subject exhibits one or more symptoms of the disease state. Symptoms of the disease state include altered ocular characteristics, such as pupil size, pupil motility, ocular blood vessel coloration, and strobe light cutoff frequency. By evaluating changes to ocular characteristics, a disease state can be diagnosed in a subject. In addition, the severity of the disease state also can be determined.
Inventors:
KOLANKO CHRISTOPHER J (US)
MOLNAR LANCE R (US)
MOLNAR LANCE R (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2003/041220
Publication Date:
November 11, 2004
Filing Date:
December 19, 2003
Export Citation:
Assignee:
KOLANKO CHRISTOPHER J (US)
MOLNAR LANCE R (US)
MOLNAR LANCE R (US)
International Classes:
A61B3/00; A61B3/11; A61B3/113; A61B3/12; (IPC1-7): A61B3/00; A61B3/10; A61B5/00
Foreign References:
| US6631989B2 | 2003-10-14 | |||
| US6544193B2 | 2003-04-08 | |||
| US6477394B2 | 2002-11-05 |
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