Patent ID: 8632179

Claim:
An eye health measurement and storage system, comprising: at least one macular-pigment measurement machine that receives macular pigment data from multiple human patients, the macular-pigment measuring machine including at least one data transfer port and at least one processor for enabling the transfer of the macular pigment data from the transfer port to a computer in communication therewith; and a central host remotely located from and coupled to the at least one macular-pigment measurement machine, the central host including a storage device for storing patient information and the macular pigment data for each of the patients, the 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 the patient information and the macular pigment data are used to calculate a risk assessment indication for determining the likelihood of the patient being inflicted with macular degeneration, the risk assessment indication being used to provide a recommendation for the patient of a first carotenoid mixture or a second carotenoid mixture, the second carotenoid mixture being different from the first carotenoid mixture.