Patent ID: 11937935
Assignee: HENNEPIN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A method for identifying whether a patient has been exposed to a blast or a pressure wave or a sonic wave by:
(a) providing a display for presenting a visual stimulus and a camera;
(b) seating the patient a predetermined distance away from the display;
(c) presenting a video on the display to the patient, wherein the presenting a video on the display comprises presenting a video in an aperture that continuously moves along an outer perimeter of the display;
(d) tracking eye movement of both eyes of the patient using the camera as the subject watches the video on the display and responds to the visual stimulus;
(e) analyzing eye movement of both eyes of the patient in response to the visual stimulus on the display;
(f) identifying the patient as having eye movements that are significantly different from eye movements of normal eyes; and
(g) calculating a blast impact score that reflects a likelihood that the patient suffers from a blast brain injury based on age, gender, and eye conjugacy.