Patent ID: 8408702
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: A61B,G16H,G16Z

Abstract:
1. An eye health measurement and storage system, comprising: a plurality of macular-pigment measurement machines for measuring macular pigment density in humans, each of said macular-pigment measuring machines receiving macular pigment data from a patient, each of said macular-pigment measuring machines including at least one data transfer port and at least one processor for enabling the transfer of said macular pigment data from said transfer port to a computer in communication therewith; and a central host remotely located from and coupled to said plurality of macular-pigment measurement machines, said central host including a storage device for storing patient information and said macular pigment data for future use by said patient, said patient information including at least three of the group consisting of eye color, age, gender, smoking status, previously diagnosed eye disease, intake of nutritional supplements, genetic information, and diet; and wherein said patient information and said macular pigment data are used to calculate a risk assessment indication for determining the likelihood of said patient being inflicted with macular degeneration, said risk assessment indication being used to provide a recommendation for said patient of a first carotenoid mixture or a second carotenoid mixture, said second carotenoid mixture being different from said first carotenoid mixture.