US 11,854,363 B2
Light sensor amblyopia patch device
Robert S. Lowery, Little Rock, AR (US); Michael D. Kaczkowski, Jacksonville, AR (US); and Zigmond Robert Gustafson, North Little Rock, AR (US)
Assigned to BioVentures, LLC, Little Rock, AR (US); and Arkansas Children's Research Institute, Little Rock, AR (US)
Filed by Robert S. Lowery, Little Rock, AR (US); Michael D. Kaczkowski, Jacksonville, AR (US); and Zigmond Robert Gustafson, North Little Rock, AR (US)
Filed on Feb. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/668,703.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/147,917, filed on Feb. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0254238 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. G08B 21/02 (2006.01); G08B 21/18 (2006.01); A61F 9/04 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 21/02 (2013.01) [A61F 9/045 (2013.01); G08B 21/182 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An amblyopia patch device comprising:
an eye patch having an inner surface and an outer surface;
a light sensor attached to said inner surface of said eye patch, wherein said inner surface of said eye patch is configured to face an eye of a patient when said eye patch covers said eye;
an alarm in communication with said light sensor; and
an electronics system configured to trigger said alarm when said light sensor senses a light value above a pre-set threshold.