Smart eyeglass frame for continuous intraocular pressure
This technology uses near-infrared cameras built into wearable eyeglasses to continuously monitor the health of a user's eye by tracking tiny physical changes in the white of the eye (the sclera). By photographing the same reference points on the sclera over time and measuring how the distances between them shift, the system infers changes in intraocular pressure — the key risk factor in glaucoma and other eye diseases. The device establishes a personal baseline by correlating scleral stretch measurements with known pressure levels, enabling ongoing, non-invasive pressure monitoring outside a clinical setting. The same underlying strain-sensing approach is also described for skin and structural surfaces like bridges.
What you could build
A smart eyeglass frame with embedded near-infrared sensors that continuously monitors intraocular pressure and logs trends to a companion app, sold to ophthalmology practices for glaucoma patient monitoring or directly to at-risk consumers via a prescription wearable channel.
Who in Virginia should care
Virginia-based ophthalmology networks, MedTech startups in the Northern Virginia/DC corridor, and defense health contractors supporting warfighter vision monitoring programs could be natural partners or licensees.
Readiness: Prototype likely
Concept — described but not yet demonstrated. Lab validated — supported by experimental results in the patent. Prototype likely — the text describes a built, working embodiment.
Readiness is inferred from the patent text, not from a lab visit.
The record
- Inventors
- Matthew RICKARD, Creed JONES
- Granted
- October 20, 2020
- Status
- Granted patent
- Patent number
- 10806341
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