Patent ID: 7708403
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for performing multiple procedures involving the retina of the eye, said apparatus comprising: at least one imager for imaging at least a portion of an eye of a patient, said at least one imager configured to provide image data comprising at least two data types selected from the group consisting of data from ophthalmic images using confocal microscopy data, retinal polarimetry data, optical coherence tomography data, thermal image data, spectroscopic image data, refractometry data, and visible image data; and a data analysis module that interrelates data from said at least two data types to provide an interpretive result that is indicative of a presence of an abnormality that appears to involve a retinal portion of the eye, and where said abnormality could actually involve, at least in part, an abnormality of the brain.