公开(公告)号：EP1424933A4

公开(公告)日：2006-08-16

申请号：EP02768579

申请日：2002-08-15

申请人： UNIV WEST VIRGINIA

发明人： ODOM JAMES ,  SMITH JAMES E ,  CRAVEN ROBERT P M

IPC分类号： A61B3/12 ,  A61B3/14 ,  A61B3/10

CPC分类号： A61B3/0083 ,  A61B3/1241 ,  A61B3/145

摘要： A method of monitoring a subject for medical conditions includes causing light to impinge on at least one eye of the subject, directing reflected light from such light beam to photosensors, converting the received reflected light to corresponding electrical signals (202) which are delivered to a processor. Processing the signals by effecting a comparison between stored information (210) regarding the medical condition and the data provided by the monitoring (202) to determine if an undesired medical condition exists and, if so, communicating such result (214). The cycle is repeated at predetermined intervals which may be short or prolonged. The stored information may be information relating to the specific subject or general information regarding normal and abnormal conditions of the eye representative of toxicity. The eyes may be monitored sequentially or simultaneously. Related apparatus is provided.