APPAREIL ET PROCEDE DE DETECTION D'AMYLOIDE DANS UNE RETINE DANS UN DIAGNOSTIC, UN AVANCEMENT ET UN PRONOSTIC DE LA MALADIE D'ALZHEIMER, D'UNE LESION CEREBRALE TRAUMATIQUE, D'UNE DEGENERESCENCE MACULAIRE ET D'UNE PLURALITE DE MALADIES NEURODEGENERATIVES, ET DE MALADIES OCULAIRES
The present invention is an apparatus and method to produce an image of an eye of a patient that includes an optical head that includes imaging optics, illumination source optics and a camera housing with a perimeter that houses the video camera optics and the illumination source optics, a slit lamp chinrest and joystick assembly that includes an adjustable head support, a movable base, a joystick that adjusts a position of the camera housing relative to the head support and the housing support that mounts the video camera, a rubber eyecup that provides an interface between the camera housing and the patient's eye that protrudes outward from the perimeter and a computer system that analyzes images and data for the presence of amyloid in a retina, and other deposits and provides a diagnosis of macular degeneration, Alzheimer's disease, traumatic brain injury, multiple concussive injury, neurodegenerative and other ocular disorders.
