Patent ID: 11950848
Assignee: WELCH ALLYN, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A system for microvascular assessment of a patient, the system comprising:
a fundus imaging device comprising:
a camera configured to capture one or more images of an eye of the patient; and
at least one light source; and
a microvascular assessment computing device comprising:
a processor; and
memory encoding instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the system to:
activate the light source to direct light at a fundus of the eye of the patient;
capture, with the camera, one or more images of the fundus of the patient, the fundus comprising a plurality of blood vessels;
analyze, with the microvascular assessment computing device, the one or more images to determine a penetration rate and a dispersion rate of a fluorescent dye in the blood vessels in the fundus; and
determine, based on the penetration rate and the dispersion rate, a microvasculature health index for the patient.