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20130123761 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATING AN EYE - A system and method are presented for use in delivering electromagnetic radiation to a limbal area of an eye, for example for treatment of glaucoma. The system includes an illumination unit, a beam shaping device and a control unit. The illumination unit includes a first source of electromagnetic radiation configured and operable for producing a beam of electromagnetic radiation having first optical properties to be delivered to the limbal area of a patient's eye to interact therewith and produce a desired effect, and a second source of electromagnetic radiation configured and operable for producing a beam of electromagnetic radiation having second optical properties. The beam shaping device when accommodated in an optical path of said first and second beams defines one or more regions along a path substantially aligned with a limbus of the patient's eye. The control unit is configured and operable for operating the illumination unit in first and second illumination modes, such that in the first illumination mode the second beam propagates towards said beam shaping device and upon identifying that the second beam illuminates the limbus, the second illumination mode is activated in which the first beam is directed via said beam shaping device to pass through said one or more regions along said path to thereby interact with the limbus. | 05-16-2013 |
20130144137 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NON-INVASIVELY MONITORING BIOLOGICAL OR BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS OF INDIVIDUAL - A system and method are presented for use in monitoring one or more conditions of a subject's body. The system includes a control unit which includes an input port for receiving image data, a memory utility, and a processor utility. The image data is indicative of data measured by a pixel detector array and is in the form of a sequence of speckle patterns generated by a portion of the subject's body in response to illumination thereof by coherent light according to a certain sampling time pattern. The memory utility stores one or more predetermined models, the model comprising data indicative of a relation between one or more measurable parameters and one or more conditions of the subject's body. The processor utility is configured and operable for processing the image data to determine one or more corresponding body conditions; and generating output data indicative of the corresponding body conditions. | 06-06-2013 |
20130218145 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATING AN EYE - The invention provides a device for delivering electromagnetic radiation to a limbal area of an eye that transforms one or more beams of electromagnetic radiation that are incident on a first side into one or more emitted beams of the electromagnetic radiation where the one or more beams are arrayed in a cylindrical array, an array of one or more beams each beam having a cross sectional shape of a circular arc or an array comprising a beam having an annular cross section. The invention also provides a system for delivering electromagnetic radiation to the limbal area of an eye that includes one or more devices of the invention and a source of electromagnetic radiation. The system may be used in the treatment of glaucoma. | 08-22-2013 |
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20140023702 | METHOD OF TREATING RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA - Provided is a method for improving day photopic vision and/or cone-derived visual field and visual function in a subject suffering from a retinal disease or trauma including administering to the subject a pharmaceutically effective amount of crude | 01-23-2014 |
20140180129 | METHODS AND DEVICES SUITABLE FOR IMAGING BLOOD-CONTAINING TISSUE - Disclosed are methods and devices useful for imaging blood-containing tissue, for example for angiography, especially retinal angiography, whereby an image is generated by dividing pixels of an image acquired at some wavelength range by corresponding pixels of an image acquired at a different wavelength range. In some embodiments, a first wavelength range includes predominantly light having wavelengths between about 400 nm and about 620 nm and a second wavelength range includes predominantly light having wavelengths between about 620 nm and about 800 nm. | 06-26-2014 |
20140343435 | METHODS AND DEVICES SUITABLE FOR IMAGING BLOOD-CONTAINING TISSUE - Disclosed are methods and devices useful for imaging blood-containing tissue, for example for angiography, especially retinal angiography, whereby an image is generated by dividing pixels of an image acquired at some wavelength range by corresponding pixels of an image acquired at a different wavelength range. In some embodiments, a first wavelength range includes predominantly light having wavelengths between about 400 nm and about 620 nm and a second wavelength range includes predominantly light having wavelengths between about 620 nm and about 800 nm. | 11-20-2014 |
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20080255431 | Early Detection and Warning of Harmful Agents - A method of detecting the presence of harmful agents in the environment is disclosed. The method comprises: providing a plurality of portable agent detectors, placing the detectors on vectors in the environment, connecting the detectors over a communication network, and, upon detection of an agent by a first detector, signaling detectors identified as being nearby to carry out corresponding agent detection tests, thereby to confirm or localize an initial agent detection. | 10-16-2008 |
20080262321 | Early Detection of Harmful Agents: Method, System and Kit - A portable system for detecting agents present in a sample is disclosed. The system comprises a sensing device, having a substrate formed with a plurality of reaction chambers and a plurality of channels interconnecting at least a portion of the plurality of reaction chambers, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of reaction chambers comprises a sensor, capable of generating a detectable signal when exposed to the agents. The system further comprises a detector, which receives signals from the sensing device and provides an image of sensors generating the optical signals. The portable system is connected to a communication network via a communication unit. | 10-23-2008 |
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