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US5050982:
Method and apparatus for improving visual acuity
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US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Meissner, Juergen P.; Randolph, NJ 07869
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None
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| Published / Filed: |
1991-09-24
/ 1989-10-06
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| Application Number: |
US1989000418387
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A61F 9/00;
A61F 9/02;
G02C 5/00;
G02C 7/12;
G02C 7/16;
G02C 9/04;
IPC-7:
A61B 3/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
G02C7/12; A61F9/00; A61F9/02F; G02C5/00A; G02C7/16; G02C9/04; S02C202/10;
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| U.S. Class: |
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351/203;
351/045;
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351/203;
351/045;
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| Field of Search: |
351/202,203,158,45,46
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| Priority Number: |
| 1989-10-06 |
US1989000418387 |
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| Abstract: |
A method and apparatus for improving visual acuity during sports activities includes the steps of increasing the strength of the image on the brain half corresponding to the weaker eye of a person by substantially occluding ambient light to the dominant eye of the person for a period of approximately one to two weeks for at least one hour per day; forcing both brain halves to operate at substantially equal visual levels in coordination with each other by wearing eyeglasses having inner opaque sections adjacent the nose bridge so as to limit overlapping vision of the two eyes to a small overlapping area, the inner opaque areas being inwardly and downwardly inclined at an angle of approximately 20 with respect to a nasal axis extending through the nose of the person; and forcing both brain halves to operate independently of each other at substantially equal visual levels by increasing the areas of the opaque sections so as to eliminate the overlapping area, which forces each brain half to process the visual information supplied to it independently of the other brain half, such that the eyes of the person can operate independently and in synchronism, with the same angle of approximately 20 being maintained.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Goldberg, Richard M. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Dzierzynski, Paul M.;
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. A method for improving visual acuity, comprising the steps of:
- increasing the strength of an image on a brain half corresponding to a weaker eye of a person;
- subsequently forcing both brain halves to operate at substantially equal visual levels in coordination with each other; and
- substantially forcing both brain halves to operate independently of each other at substantially equal visual levels;
- each said step of forcing including the step of substantially occluding ambient light to at least one eye in a light restriction area located in an overlapping viewing area of both eyes.
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"The Automatic Occluder, A New Concept", Journal of the American Optometric Association, by Merrill J. Allen, vol. 47, No. 7, Jul. 1976.
Adler's Physiology of the Eye by Robert A. Moses, Chapter 23, "Binocular Vision", pp. 653-688, The C. V. Mosby Company, St. Louis, 1970.
"Of Two Minds: Selling the Right Brain", Discover, pp. 30-41, Apr., 1985.
"Color Perception--Seeing with the Brain" by Geoffrey Montgomery, Discover, pp. 52-59, Dec. 1988.
"Memory" by Kevin McKean, Discover, pp. 18-27, Nov. 1983.
"The Mind within the Brain" by Gina Maranto, pp. 34-43, Discover, May, 1984.
Cited by 2 patents
"Data Transformation Explains the Basics of Neural Networks" by Doug Conner, EDN, May 12, 1988, pp. 138-144.
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Cited by 4 patents
"The Mind in Motion" by Geoffrey Montgomery, Discover, Mar., 1989, pp. 58-68.
"3-D Comes Home" by Tom Waters, Discover, May, 1988, pp. 30-32.
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