CN104244762A - An ophthalmic lens storing unit with programmable and communication elements for monitoring the use and automated ordering - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention provides apparatus for storing one or more ophthalmic lenses. The apparatus comprises a programmable Ophthalmic Lens Storage Unit for disinfecting one or more ophthalmic lenses. The Ophthalmic Lens Storage Unit includes a processor in logical communication with a digital storage and which uses executable software stored in the digital storage and operative with the processor to; establish a connection between the Ophthalmic Lens Storage Unit and an associated network device, wherein the connection is suitable for communication of digital data and wherein the disinfecting base unit stores one or more ophthalmic lenses; store a record comprising digital data descriptive of a number of disinfecting cycles the one or more ophthalmic lenses have been subjected to by the disinfecting base unit; generate an automated order for one or both of: additional ophthalmic lenses and Ophthalmic Lens Storage Unit's components, based upon the stored digital data; and transmit said automated order via the associated network device.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to the equipment for storing one or more ophthalmic lens.
Background technology
As everyone knows, haptic lens can be used to improve eyesight.Multiple haptic lens has commodity production history for many years.The Earlier designs of haptic lens is made up of hard material.Although these eyeglasses are at present still for some application, because it lacks comfort level and permeability is relatively low, some patient should not use.Afterwards along with the progress of this area, there is the SCL based on hydrogel.
Nowadays, hydro-gel contact lens is very welcome.These eyeglasses are worn more comfortable than the haptic lens be made up of hard material usually.Many hydro-gel contact lenses can be worn more than one day.But microbial life and bacterium gathering on eyeglass makes to need regularly take out eyeglass and carry out disinfection to eyeglass usually.
Haptic lens must be placed in container or box by the sterilization of haptic lens traditionally, and makes haptic lens stand chemosterilant.But chemosterilant is always so ineffective as expected.Sometimes, have bacterium, mould, fungi or other type the haptic lens of unfavorable form of life again embedded in the eyes of user, result produces disease of eye.
Therefore, new method and access is needed to monitor use and the order of haptic lens, described use and order based on multiple factor, the such as such as reservation data of remaining life cycle, current lens condition, eye-care medical practitioner and the stock of above-mentioned eyeglass.
Summary of the invention
Therefore, the invention provides a kind of equipment for storing one or more ophthalmic lens, comprise: programmable ophthalmic lens memory cell, it is for carrying out disinfection to one or more ophthalmic lens, wherein said ophthalmic lens memory cell comprises processor, described processor and digital storage logic communication use can executive software, described can executive software to be stored in described digital storage and with described processor cooperation with: connect between described ophthalmic lens memory cell and the network equipment be associated, wherein said connection is applicable to transmitting digital data and wherein said sterilization base unit stores one or more ophthalmic lens, store the record comprising numerical data, described numerical data describes the number of described sterilization base unit to the disinfection cycle that described one or more ophthalmic lens applies, based on stored numerical data, produce for one of following or both automatic order: the parts of additional ophthalmic lens and ophthalmic lens memory cell, and transmit described automatic order by the described network equipment be associated.
Described order can transmit based on the input receiving user.
Described memory cell can comprise sensor in addition, and described sensor is for measuring and store the numerical data of the situation describing the eyeglass be sterilized.
Described memory cell can comprise in addition can be downloaded and process the bar code reader of corresponding data, and described corresponding data identifies lens product by network.
Described corresponding data can comprise the specification specific to described eyeglass.
Described corresponding data can comprise the data describing checking feature, and described checking feature is detected by the sensor in memory cell.
Checking verification message can be sent to user or third party when examining the described checking feature in described ophthalmic lens by described memory cell.
Described sensor can comprise one of the intensity and direction for detecting light vector or both are to produce the device of the data describing the optical characteristics of described ophthalmic lens in disinfecting process.
Described data can describe the focal power comprising described eyeglass of described ophthalmic lens and the optical characteristics of base arc.
Measured optical characteristics can carry out with lens prescriptions the actual performance that contrasts to monitor described eyeglass.
Described actual performance data can be extracted and store for analyzing with the performance change detected relative to setting threshold value in the future in disinfecting process.
Described sensor can comprise the device of the temperature for measuring the solution wherein storing described eyeglass.
Described base unit can comprise the user interface that can show message notifying based on the numerical data transmitted by described processor to user in addition.
Described base unit can comprise the communication device that message can be sent to the treating apparatus be associated in addition, and described treating apparatus is used for receipt message and shows described message to one of user and third party or both.
Described base unit can comprise in addition for user with associate one of third party or both input the device of the setting preference of described message.
Described base unit also can comprise for the digital storage stored with disinfect relevant information.
Described processor can use can executive software store and analyze gathered by described sensor data, setting preference and from described can executive software analyze data.
Described base unit can comprise universal serial bus connector and treating apparatus in addition, and described connector is used for one of in described processor and described digital storage or provides logic communication between the two.
Described processor can use the data gathered from attachment device in addition, and described attachment device communicates with the described processor logic of described pedestal.
Described processor can use in addition and can be sent to third-party automatic order from the data of attachment device collection to produce.
Described automatic order can send based on the predetermined setting of user.
Described automatic order can send after user confirms.
Described automatic order can send after confirming prescription by eye-care medical practitioner.
Described automatic order may for haptic lens.
Described automatic order may for sterilisation radiation source.
Described automatic order may for antiseptic solution.
Described base unit can comprise for store power in addition to operate the electrical storage of described storage pedestal.
Described electrical storage can comprise one or more rechargeable battery.
Described electrical storage can comprise one or more lithium battery.
Described lens storage unit may can store reusable haptic lens, use sterilisation radiation to carry out disinfection to kill bacterium, virus, mould, fungi etc. harmful on haptic lens to eyeglass at memory period, and monitor situation and the use of described eyeglass.
Described ophthalmic lens memory cell can comprise logic, described logic for record and analyze data, control the function of described ophthalmic lens memory cell, monitoring eyeglass use and show related news to one of user and third party or both or make network associate device related news are sent to one of user and third party or both.
Described unit can comprise one or more sensor, and described sensor is for measuring and storing the data describing described lens condition.Such as, described sensor can be measured the optical characteristics of described eyeglass and follow the tracks of the optical property of described eyeglass, to produce the message that warning user must change described eyeglass.
In addition, bar code reader can be comprised to allow to scan the packaging wherein containing described eyeglass.After bar code in the described packaging of scanning, described unit can use web download to correspond to the data of these eyeglasses.Such as, data can comprise the eyeglass number, the eyeglass spendable recommendation duration or wear cycle, the place of production of eyeglass and lot number, prescription information etc. before replacing that comprise in packaging.
Described processor and sensor can use use and the situation of front and back in addition for monitoring eyeglass.Such as, optical transmitting set and detector can be used to measure the optical effect of described eyeglass.Described optical effect can be measured before and after, during described lens disinfection completes, to wear the granule number gathered in period monitoring eyeglass and the effect had with described particle of clean period when eyeglass performs.The situation of change during particle accumulation and described eyeglass also can be stored to detect ANOMALOUS VARIATIONS and warn user subsequently in case there is some situation, such as such as ocular infection.
Finally, described unit can comprise touch-screen, and described touch-screen is used as user interface to allow to programme to the preference be associated with the operator scheme that is functional and described device of described device.
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Fig. 1 shows the method step for gathering and store user operation data.
Fig. 2 shows for gathering the method step with store sensor data.
Fig. 3 shows for running process or operation thus the method step of control box function.
Fig. 4 shows the method step for showing user message.
Fig. 5 shows the method step for programming to ophthalmic lens memory cell.
Fig. 6 shows at ophthalmic lens memory cell and the method step transmitting data between other device and entity.
Fig. 7 shows processor.
Fig. 8 shows the network having and can be used for the device automatically ordered.
Fig. 9 shows the exemplary screen shots of the touch-screen display of disinfection unit device, and it depicts the possible user option of described device.
Figure 10 shows the exemplary screen shots of sterilization base unit, and it depicts precleaning eyeglass and clean eyeglass, and described eyeglass is by the sensor measurement that can be incorporated to ophthalmic lens memory cell.
Figure 11 shows the exemplary screen shots of disinfection unit device, and it depicts functional with custom ophthalmic lens memory cell of some users setting.
Figure 12 shows the exemplary screen shots of sterilization base unit device, and the reservation of described device and eye-care medical practitioner and automatic eyeglass are ordered and be associated.
Detailed description of the invention
The disclosure comprises for storing and analyzing to the method and apparatus of relevant data of sterilizing to ophthalmic lens, for controlling the method and apparatus of ophthalmic lens functional memory cell and the method and apparatus for showing associated user's message.Also comprise the option for programming to ophthalmic lens memory cell.In addition, communications option allows data in ophthalmic lens memory cell and for transmitting between the external device (ED) of various object or entity.Such as such as facilitating new order and following the tracks of eyeglass.
Detailed description to one or more embodiment of the present invention will be provided in following chapters and sections.All exemplary embodiment is only for description that is preferred and alternate embodiment, should be understood that its modification, amendment and change may be apparent to those skilled in the art.Therefore, should understand, described exemplary embodiment the scope of unrestricted underlying inventive.
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The third party be associated: as used herein, refers to accessive information or information is sent to the third party of memory cell.Such as, the third party be associated can comprise the office of eye-care medical practitioner, the manufacturer of haptic lens or retailer.
Checking feature: as used herein, refer to the readable feature in eyeglass, it is used by user for preventing fake product.Such as, readable feature can be Structural Characteristics, the symbol of printing or code.
Automatic order: as used herein, refer to by processor based on multiple factor produce order, the number of lenses that described multiple factor comprises such as eyeglass frequency of utilization, the situation of eyeglass used, user preference, third party input data and buy.
Sterilisation radiation: as used herein, refers to the frequency of average life span and the radiation of intensity that are enough to reduce the form of life receiving sterilisation radiation dosage.
Sterilisation radiation dosage: as used herein, refer at least two logarithms for the amount of life entity being reduced on logarithmic scale, preferably the amount of radiation of three logarithms or more logarithm, wherein life entity at least comprises bacterium, virus, mould and fungi.
Eyeglass: refer to any Ophthalmoligic instrument be positioned on eyes or eyes.These devices can provide optical correction or can be ornamental.Such as, term eyeglass can refer to for haptic lens, intraocular lens, covering eyeglass, ophthalmic insert, optical inserts or other similar devices of correcting or improve eyesight or do not affect one's power of vision for strengthening ocular physiology beauty treatment (such as iris color).Eyeglass can comprise and includes but not limited to by elastomer silicone or hydrogel the SCL that silicone hydrogels and fluorine hydrogel are made.
Ophthalmic lens memory cell: as used herein, refers to sterilization base unit, disinfecting storage box or their combination, and it can store reusable haptic lens and at memory period to described lens disinfection.Such as, the sterilisation radiation under the wavelength and intensity being suitable for killing bacterium, virus, mould, fungi etc. harmful on haptic lens is in by use solution and/or reception.Ophthalmic lens memory cell can comprise the more than one storage box for sterilizing.
Radiosterilization base unit: as used herein, refer to and can receive one or more radiosterilization storage box to provide the device of the sterilisation radiation be under various wavelength, duration and intensity, described wavelength, duration and intensity are suitable for killing on one or more haptic lens and unwanted bacterium, virus, mould, fungi etc. in storage surface of optionally sterilizing in addition.
Radiosterilization storage box: as used herein, refer to eyeglass storage box, described eyeglass storage box can be stored reusable haptic lens and be come lens disinfection by the sterilisation radiation received under the wavelength and intensity that are in and are suitable for killing on haptic lens harmful bacterium, virus, mould, fungi etc. at memory period.
Referring now to Fig. 1, flow chart shows spendable illustrative steps.At 101 places, user performs the operation of the radiosterilization base unit affecting ophthalmic lens disinfection unit.Operation can comprise such as opens radiosterilization base unit, closes radiosterilization base unit, inserts radiosterilization storage box, removes radiosterilization storage box or touch the button.
At 102 places, the data of user operation gained are transferred to processor plate.Data transmission can comprise direct electrical connection (such as such as by USB (USB) or by wireless transmission, such as such as radio frequency transmission (radio frequency transmission)), bluetooth or other logic communication mechanism.
At 103 places, processor plate run can executive software to process the data of user operation gained.Can the eyeglass after just sterilizing be indicated just to be used by the executive software lens disinfection cycle rate counter that can reset after user is by the SR on radiosterilization base unit.In addition or alternatively, can be replaced to indicate radiosterilization storage box by the executive software radiosterilization storage box timer that can reset after user is by the SR on radiosterilization base unit.Can increase progressively for the counter of cleaning cycle, the timer used for eyeglass and storage box and other function using to eyeglass and storage box and sterilize relevant by executive software.
At 104 places, can processor plate be stored data in digital storage executive software.The data stored can comprise based on the data of user operation, the measured value of sensor gained and can the change that causes of executive software function such as reset counter and timer.The data stored can comprise with user operation or with can the date and time that is associated of software operation.Data storage can comprise that such as user preferably sets, storage in one or more historgraphic data recording, current lens data record and current radiation disinfecting storage box data record.
Referring now to Fig. 2, flow chart shows spendable illustrative steps.At 201 places, the sensor detection information in radiosterilization base unit or radiosterilization storage box.Sensor can comprise such as LED sensor, charge-coupled image sensor (CCD) array, CCD camera, bar code scanner or other known sensor, such as such as detecting the device of following condition: be exposed to the luminous intensity of specific wavelength radiation and expose one of duration or both, the albumen quality gathered in the temperature of the solution that stores for eyeglass, the pH of solution stored for eyeglass, moisture, eyeglass or other condition.At 202 places, sensing data is transferred to processor plate.Data transmission can comprise direct electrical connection, radio frequency transmission or other mechanism for logic communication or transmission.Although term " transmission " is for data of description from sensor transmissions to processor plate, data can from described sensor poll or transmission.Often kind of transmission medium is by transmitting device subsidiary suitable respectively.Such as, radio frequency transmission is arranged in comprise in the radiofrequency launcher of storage box and the radio frequency receiver of pedestal.Radiofrequency launcher and receiver can be comprised in pedestal and storage box.The conductive path that direct telecommunication will comprise in storage box in sensor and pedestal between processor.
At 203 places, processor plate runs can carry out process sensor data by executive software.Sensing data can contrast to determine haptic lens or storage box cleannes with historical data.In addition, whether whether sensing data can contrast with the base-line data stored and be present in radiosterilization base unit and detect haptic lens be present in radiosterilization storage box to detect radiosterilization storage box.Sensing data with the lens shape Data Comparison stored, can identify haptic lens brand uniquely.Sensing data can detect the focal power of each haptic lens with the eyeglass Data Comparison stored, thus identifies that correct haptic lens and lens contacts eyeglass are helped user and used disinfection unit.
Such as, ultraviolet (UV) radiation of scheduled volume can through the haptic lens be stored in storage box.One or more sensor can be used for detecting the UV amount of radiation through one or more parts of haptic lens.A considerable amount ofly be radiated through described one or more part and can produce profile.Particular type eyeglass will produce identifiable design pattern in described profile.Described pattern can be used for identifying type of lenses or or even particular optic.
At 204 places, can processor plate be stored data in digital storage executive software.The data stored can comprise sensor collection data and by can the data that draw of executive software analysis, such as such as eyeglass should change before number of days, storage box should change before number of days, the percentage of eyeglass opacity of instruction eyeglass cleannes, the percentage of the radiosterilization storage box opacity of instruction radiosterilization storage box cleannes, presence or absence radiosterilization storage box, presence or absence haptic lens, the lens brand be identified and the lens powers be identified.The data stored can comprise with sensing data or with can the date and time that is associated of the result of executive software gained.Data storage can comprise storage in such as one or more historgraphic data recording, current lens data record, current radiation disinfecting storage box data record and particular sensor data record.
Referring now to Fig. 3, flow chart shows spendable illustrative steps.At 301 places, processor plate run can executive software analyze before store data and determine suitable operation.Whether can access power supply or whether be closed in the recent period by analyzing radiation sterilization base unit by executive software.The data of analyzing stored can determine the time that cleaning cycle should start by executive software.Can calculate or select detail as duration of sterilisation radiation used in cleaning cycle, pattern and intensity.Can executive software identifiable design radiosterilization base unit be current whether has accessed external power source.
At 302 places, processor plate runs process or operation, such as, by non-limitative example, and radiosterilization pedestal box start-up routine and radiosterilization cleaning cycle.Operation can comprise power management operations, such as, in radiosterilization base unit, loads battery, runs described base unit or run described base unit with direct power supply with battery supply.
At 303 places, can make processor plate that process is completed data to be stored in digital storage by executive software.Process completes data and can comprise and such as start the relevant data of process to box, comprises the detection of haptic lens focal power correct in the detection of the haptic lens in the detection of LED intensity, the detection that whether there is radiosterilization storage box, radiosterilization storage box and each groove of radiosterilization storage box.The data stored can be relevant to radiosterilization cleaning cycle, and it comprises cleannes data after the irradiation duration relevant with radiosterilization storage box with haptic lens, radiation timing mode, radiation intensity and sterilization.Complete that data can comprise battery charge time, battery is full of percentage, use the time period of battery operation pedestal box and use direct power supply to run the time period of pedestal box.The data stored can comprise and the date and time having processed data and be associated.Data storage can comprise storage in such as one or more historgraphic data recording, current lens data record and current radiation disinfecting storage box data record.
Referring now to Fig. 4, flow chart shows spendable illustrative steps.At 401 places, processor plate run can executive software analyze before the data determining that the store suitable user message that will show.Can analyze by executive software, the residual life of such as eyeglass, the need of reservation eye-care medical practitioner, residue eyeglass, ordering information with automatically order, follow the tracks of eyeglass with bar code to guarantee that eyeglass is not forge eyeglass and recommend new product for specific user.
At 402 places, processor plate makes user message be shown on the message display area of radiosterilization base unit.Processor plate can cause showing the following message of instruction: should insert and haptic lens of sterilizing, a secondary new haptic lens should be brought into use, new radiosterilization storage box should be brought into use, annual reservation should be carried out with the eye care professional of user, new eyeglass should be ordered, and for the new product information of user.Alert message can be shown, such as disinfection cycle is interfered, disinfection cycle does not correctly complete, bar code None-identified maybe cannot mate eyeglass in each database and user answers contact customer service on behalf, user because of eyeglass is placed on radiosterilization storage box wrong groove in and obscured its left and right haptic lens, user should meet their eye care professional as early as possible, such as, when detecting that on eyeglass abnormal high microorganism gathers.Processor plate can cause display base location mode message, such as such as current battery charge, battery needs to recharge, unit do not have enough batteries to complete cleaning cycle so must access power supply, battery cannot recharge so should change radiosterilization base unit, and one or more LED occurs light decay so should change radiosterilization base unit.Processor plate can cause showing guiding message, such as how to recover disinfection cycle, how to restart disinfection cycle, how radiosterilization base unit is reprogramed, how to store data on computer or other external device (ED), and how to send data to eye care professional or the opposing party.
At 403 places, can user message data be stored in digital storage executive software by processor plate.User message data can comprise the instruction of the particular message such as shown and trigger the reason of particular message.Such as, the message changing contact radiosterilization storage box may be because reached the time limit or triggered because sensor replacing indicator on radiosterilization storage box detected.The data stored can comprise and show with user message the date and time be associated.Data storage can comprise storage in such as one or more historgraphic data recording, current lens data record and current radiation disinfecting storage box data record.
Referring now to Fig. 5, flow chart shows spendable illustrative steps.At 501 places, user by selecting specific settings option determines how to programme to ophthalmic lens disinfection unit.The information that the information that information available in the information that user determines can to provide based on ophthalmic lens disinfection unit, website, its eye care professional provide, lens manufacturer provide or other source.The decision guiding 502,503,506 or 509 of user.User at any time can download different pre-configured or customized software.May need download new software, precondition is that the lens brand of user or lens parameters change, have can renewal software carry out correction program mistake, user expects that ophthalmic lens disinfection unit has more or less function, and other reason.After downloading pre-configured or custom program, or can not provide for user option ophthalmic lens disinfection unit being returned back to its basic running status.
At 502 places, user determines the basic function only using ophthalmic lens disinfection unit to provide.Use the unit with basic function without the need to additional step, programming or configuration.By non-limitative example, basic run start-up routine, the General radiation disinfection cycle being applicable to many disposable eyeglasses and the elemental user message that can comprise when user closes box.
At 503 places, user is that ophthalmic lens disinfection unit is selected from the pre-configured software option of limited quantity.Pre-configured software can be selected based on the brand of such as user institute lenses fitted, required kit function and other standard.At 504 places, the pre-configured software of selection from website, smart mobile phone application program, use be provided with the CD of ophthalmic lens disinfection unit PC or be downloaded to ophthalmic lens disinfection unit with other known software distribution method.At 505 places, with pre-configured software control ophthalmic lens disinfection unit.Except function available in basic operation, pre-configured software can be supported the radiosterilization cycle for haptic lens brand and wear time table, the counter based on standard lens wear timetable and prompting by non-limitative example, data be uploaded for the function analyzed, extending user message and other function from ophthalmic lens disinfection unit after a while.
At 506 places, user is the configuration of ophthalmic lens disinfection unit customized software.Software is by such as under type customization, such as select particular brand and the lens parameters of user every eye wear, select ordering lenses wear time table, select or stop the such as function such as counter and prompting, enter last time examination of eyes or eyeglass to buy the date be that follow-up examination of eyes or eyeglass are bought and opened prompting, input name or other identifying information, select data communication option, bar code in scan mirror packaging downloads the customizing messages about eyeglass, and other function.At 507 places, customized software from website, smart mobile phone application program, use be provided with the CD of ophthalmic lens disinfection unit PC or be downloaded to ophthalmic lens disinfection unit with other software distribution method.At 508 places, control ophthalmic lens disinfection unit with customized software.Except function available in basic operation, customized software can support the radiosterilization cycle of haptic lens brand and the parameter worn for user by non-limitative example, the counter of the lens wear timetable of specifying based on user and prompting, identify the function of the haptic lens focal power of the wrong groove mistake being arranged in storage box, after a while by data from ophthalmic lens disinfection unit upload for analyze function, the user message of customization, display user name or other identifying information, by data communication to other device, and other function.
At 509 places, eye care professional (ECP) programmes to ophthalmic lens disinfection unit in office for user.The configuration of the customized software described in path that pre-configured software described in the path that ECP can use step 503 place to start maybe can use step 506 place to start.At 510 places, pre-configured or customized software from website, smart mobile phone application program, use the PC that is provided with the CD of ophthalmic lens disinfection unit or be downloaded to ophthalmic lens disinfection unit with other known software distribution method.At 511 places, control ophthalmic lens disinfection unit with pre-configured software described in step 505 before or customized software described in step 508 before.
Referring now to Fig. 6, flow chart shows spendable illustrative steps.At 601 places, user can make the decision about transmitting data from ophthalmic lens disinfection unit.Alternatively, default communication can be implemented.The information that information available in the information that user determines can to provide based on such as ophthalmic lens disinfection unit, website, its eye care professional provide or other source.User determine and one of default communication pattern or both finally can lead 602,603,607 or 610.
At 602 places, user determines to use ophthalmic lens disinfection unit in a standalone fashion.Data can be stored for subsequent analysis or just not be recorded.
At 603 places, user opens the communication between ophthalmic lens disinfection unit and user's set, user's set such as PC, smart mobile phone or other can receive the device of ophthalmic lens disinfection unit data.The ophthalmic lens disinfection unit application program obtained by PC, smart mobile phone or other device can be conducive to data sharing.Ophthalmic lens disinfection unit application program can be the stand-alone utility run on the computing device, can be use application program available on the website of calculation element access, or can be the distributed application program with the function simultaneously run on separate computing device and website.
At 604 places, ophthalmic lens disinfection unit application program is used for checking and analyze ophthalmic lens disinfection unit data.Data can comprise text, chart, figure and other representation.By non-limitative example, data can comprise haptic lens brand and parameter, haptic lens wear time table, user specific information, cleaning cycle details, haptic lens cleannes data, haptic lens and radiosterilization storage box change history, recommended replacement haptic lens before number of days, number of days before recommended replacement radiosterilization storage box.Data can comprise ophthalmic lens disinfection unit diagnostic message, such as such as battery information, LED information, sensor information and the details that communicate.
At 605 places, user makes decision ophthalmic lens disinfection unit data being sent to eye care professional.Ophthalmic lens disinfection unit application program can use known data transmission method to be conducive to sharing data with eye care professional, described method such as such as send comprise text message Email, send comprise data file Email, make and make eye care professional can access websites and the file that obtains or data or alternate manner.By non-limitative example, the ophthalmic lens disinfection unit data shared with eye care professional can comprise haptic lens brand and parameter, haptic lens wear time table, user specific information, cleaning cycle details, haptic lens cleannes data, haptic lens and radiosterilization storage box change history, recommended replacement haptic lens before number of days, number of days before recommended replacement radiosterilization storage box.Shared data can comprise ophthalmic lens disinfection unit diagnostic message, such as such as battery information, LED information, sensor information and the details that communicate.The data shared can be with text, chart, figure and other form represented.Eye care professional also can send messages and data to the ophthalmic lens disinfection unit application program of user, and message and data can be checked or can be transferred to ophthalmic lens disinfection unit and be shown on viewing area in described application program.Eye care professional's message and data can comprise such as examination of eyes prompting, haptic lens buys prompting, sales information, ordering information or out of Memory.
At 606 places, user makes decision ophthalmic lens disinfection unit data being sent to haptic lens manufacturer or other haptic lens supplier.Ophthalmic lens disinfection unit application program can use known data transmission method to be conducive to sharing data with the manufacturer of haptic lens or other supplier, described method such as such as send comprise text message Email, send comprise data file Email, make and make the manufacturer of haptic lens or other supplier can access websites and the file that obtains or data or alternate manner.By non-limitative example, the ophthalmic lens disinfection unit data shared with manufacturer or other supplier of haptic lens can comprise haptic lens brand and parameter, haptic lens wear time table, user specific information, cleaning cycle details, haptic lens cleannes data, haptic lens and radiosterilization storage box change the number of days before history, recommended replacement haptic lens, recommended replacement radiosterilization storage box before number of days.Ophthalmic lens disinfection unit diagnostic message can be shared, such as such as battery information, LED information, sensor information and the details that communicate.The data shared can be with text, chart, figure and other form represented.The manufacturer of haptic lens or other supplier also can send messages and data to the ophthalmic lens disinfection unit application program of user, and message and data can be checked or can be transferred to ophthalmic lens disinfection unit and be shown on viewing area in described application program.Manufacturer's message and data can comprise such as examination of eyes prompting, haptic lens purchase prompting, ordering information and ordering interface, haptic lens discount information, haptic lens buy reward voucher or out of Memory automatically.
At 607 places, user provides ophthalmic lens disinfection unit for eye care professional, described professional opens the communication of described ophthalmic lens disinfection unit to the device in eye care professional office, described device such as PC, smart mobile phone or other can receive the device of ophthalmic lens disinfection unit data.The ophthalmic lens disinfection unit application program used by PC, smart mobile phone or other device can be conducive to data sharing.Ophthalmic lens disinfection unit application program can be the stand-alone utility run on the computing device, can be use application program available on the website of calculation element access, or can be the distributed application program with the function simultaneously run on separate computing device and website.At 608 places, ophthalmic lens disinfection unit application program is used for checking and analyze ophthalmic lens disinfection unit data.Data can comprise text, chart, figure and other representation.By non-limitative example, data can comprise haptic lens brand and parameter, haptic lens wear time table, user specific information, cleaning cycle details, haptic lens cleannes data, haptic lens and radiosterilization storage box change history, recommended replacement haptic lens before number of days, number of days before recommended replacement radiosterilization storage box.Ophthalmic lens disinfection unit diagnostic message can be shared, such as such as battery information, LED information, sensor information and the details that communicate.Eye care professional perhaps also can send messages and data to the ophthalmic lens disinfection unit of user, and message and data can be shown on viewing area in said device.Eye care professional's message and data can comprise such as examination of eyes prompting, haptic lens buys prompting, sales information or out of Memory.
At 609 places, eye care professional makes decision ophthalmic lens disinfection unit data being sent to haptic lens manufacturer or other haptic lens supplier.Ophthalmic lens disinfection unit application program can use known data transmission method to be conducive to sharing data with the manufacturer of haptic lens or other supplier, described method such as such as send comprise text message Email, send comprise data file Email, make and make the manufacturer of haptic lens or other supplier can access websites and the file that obtains or data or alternate manner.By non-limitative example, the ophthalmic lens disinfection unit data shared with manufacturer or other supplier of haptic lens can comprise haptic lens brand and parameter, haptic lens wear time table, user specific information, cleaning cycle details, haptic lens cleannes data, haptic lens and radiosterilization storage box change the number of days before history, recommended replacement haptic lens, recommended replacement radiosterilization storage box before number of days.Ophthalmic lens disinfection unit diagnostic message can be shared, such as such as battery information, LED information, sensor information and the details that communicate.The data shared can be with text, chart, figure and other form represented.
At 610 places, the manufacturer that user is haptic lens or the eye care professional of other supplier provide ophthalmic lens disinfection unit, described professional opens the communication of described ophthalmic lens disinfection unit to the device in office of manufacturer, described device such as PC, smart mobile phone or other can receive the device of ophthalmic lens disinfection unit data.The ophthalmic lens disinfection unit application program used by PC, smart mobile phone or other device can be conducive to data sharing.Ophthalmic lens disinfection unit application program can be the stand-alone utility run on the computing device, can be use application program available on the website of calculation element access, or can be the distributed application program with the function simultaneously run on both separate computing device and website 1.At 611 places, ophthalmic lens disinfection unit application program is used for checking and analyze ophthalmic lens disinfection unit data.Data can comprise text, chart, figure and other representation.By non-limitative example, data can comprise haptic lens brand and parameter, haptic lens wear time table, user specific information, cleaning cycle details, haptic lens cleannes data, haptic lens and radiosterilization storage box change history, recommended replacement haptic lens before number of days, number of days before recommended replacement radiosterilization storage box.Ophthalmic lens disinfection unit diagnostic message can be shared, such as such as battery information, LED information, sensor information and the details that communicate.The manufacturer of haptic lens or other supplier also can send messages and data to the ophthalmic lens disinfection unit of user, and message and data can be shown on viewing area in this device.Manufacturer's message and data can comprise such as examination of eyes prompting, haptic lens buys prompting, haptic lens discount information, haptic lens buy reward voucher or out of Memory.
Referring now to Fig. 7, there is shown controller 700.Controller 700 comprises processor 710, and described processor 710 can comprise the one or more processor parts being coupled to communicator 720.Communicator 720 also can be configured to also receive the numerical data relevant to function described herein by communication channel transmission of information with electric transmission.
Communicator 720 also can be used for such as such as communicating with one or more human-readable display unit, such as such as: LCD, light-emitting diode display or other display unit or printer.In some preference, utilize touch-screen to provide the man-machine interface with base unit of sterilizing.
Processor 710 also can communicate with storage device 730.Storage device 730 can comprise any suitable information-storing device, comprises the combination of magnetic memory apparatus (such as tape, RF tag and hard disk drive), optical storage and/or semiconductor memory system (such as random access memory (RAM) device and read-only storage (ROM) device).
Storage device 730 can store the program 740 for control processor 710.The instruction of processor 710 performing a programme 740.Such as, processor 710 can receive and describe eyeglass, lens inventory, office's prescription of eye-care medical practitioner or the information of subscription information, user preference etc.Patient-related data also can be stored in one or more database 750 and 760 by storage device 730, described patient-related data receives from the source of the such as office of eye-care medical practitioner, directly receives from the network (third party) of manufacturer or inputted by user.
Referring now to Fig. 8, network shows ophthalmic lens memory cell 801 and how to connect by manufacturer's network 807, described manufacturer network 807, such as such as internet, cellular link, VPN or other medium for transmission of digital data.Ophthalmic lens memory cell can comprise sensor, communicator and program capability such as described in present patent application.In addition, equipment can comprise the programmable processor and storage device that are connected to human-readable display unit, as hereafter about Fig. 7 further as described in.
In general, ophthalmic lens memory cell 801 can work to follow the tracks of the stock that can be accessed by ophthalmic lens memory cell 801 and generate the automatic order for ophthalmic lens based on the multiple inputs stored in memory.Automatic order is programmed to be sent to such as factory of manufacturer or retailer together with payment information after user confirms.Memory in sterilization base unit 801 can comprise the information of eyeglass, remaining eyeglass number, weather and the user's prescription bought about the eye-care medical practitioner of user, user, user.In addition, when user receives eyeglass, the bar code in some sterilization base unit scanning packagings can be used, to provide a description the numerical data of eyeglass/order.
Numerical data processes or transfers to by storing data in sterilization base unit 801 the target 802-806 being connected to distributed network 807.These data are applicable to follows the tracks of specific eyeglass order, prevent the use of any forgery eyeglass that may be harmful to user, follow the tracks of the feedback of user about particular optic, be conducive to recalling arbitrary specific products by warning user before may occurring in any negative results, guarantee to meet the product that eye-care medical practitioner specifies, and follow the tracks of the impact of weather conditions on particular optic.In addition, Weather information and irritated warning data can be downloaded by device and produce and data analysis for information.Data analysis can comprise such as makes weather and allergy information gather relevant to abnormal protein or microorganism.
Target 802-806 can comprise such as network access device 802, and described device comprises display and the keyboard of visiting distribution formula network 807 under the control of a processor.Therefore, network access device can comprise personal computer, mobile device, laptop computer or terminating machine.That other network access device 803 can be essentially movement and comprise personal digital assistant (" PDA "), the cellular phone with network access capacity, net book or other relatively little processor and run electrical equipment, described electrical equipment has across a network and sends and the ability receiving numerical data.
Processor plate can comprise network access device 804-805, and the retail location of described device and ophthalmic lens and solution, ophthalmic lens and the warehouse of solution and the manufacturing facility of ophthalmic lens and solution are associated.
The information that therefore sterilization base unit 801 can receive about ophthalmic lens and solution uses with aid-device usertracking eyeglass, automatic order is assigned directly to manufacturing facility, follow the tracks of the reservation situation of eye-care medical practitioner (" ECP "), forge eyeglass with the compatibility of contrast bar code data and eyeglass to detect and to warn with signal, described forgery eyeglass may not meet sanitary standard and cause great eye problems.Such as, the numerical data of the manufacturing works of eyeglass, deadline and focal power specification is described.Automatic order also can be transmitted from sterilization base unit 801 and can transfer to arbitrary network access device 802-806.Numerical data can one of in the following manner or both transmission: do not introduce artificial delay (in real time) or regular.
Ophthalmic lens memory cell 801 can collect and describe report that the eyeglass that uses of user gathers and by described report transmission to the network access device be associated with related entities.Related entities can be such as lens manufacturer, Market Analyst, ophthalmic lens retailer; Ophthalmic lens warehouse or other interests entity.
Sterilization base unit 801 can work to analyze data specific to user and propose the suggestion of such as such as eyeglass how on probation and solution and the order of also initiating for commercially available acquisition eyeglass to patient.Order is initiated to comprise transmission and is described patient and the numerical data will transported to the eyeglass of patient and solution.Digital information initiate therefore can to comprise such as following in any or all of: patient name and address, bill information, payment information, eyeglass SKU, number of lenses, the eye-care medical practitioner providing prescription for eyeglass, weather and allergy data and any out of Memory, described information is received by the online retail website selling eyeglass usually.An exemplary online sales medium comprises Acuvue-Direct
tM, it is by the order of distributed network 807 (comprising internet) process for ophthalmic lens.
Ophthalmic lens memory cell 801 can work to start automatic-prompting (such as ACUMINDER
tM), to change the haptic lens of patient after completing at advised wear time.Timetable can start based on distributed type of lenses and the lens wear of advising timetable, or the data collected based on the measurement of sensor from sterilization base unit and.Sterilization base unit 801 then can automatically display reminding in the user interface, or causes such as such as transmitting prompting by one or more in following: Email, text message, social media, RSS and phone.Prompting can comprise the mankind can interpretation message, and described message indicating user specifically operates, and such as changes the eyeglass of user.
Referring now to Fig. 9, depict the exemplary screen shots of the touch-screen display of ophthalmic lens memory cell.The screenshot capture 900A of sterilization base unit display depicts the exemplary options that user will see over the display in the lens disinfection cycle.Software in sterilization base unit can show remaining periodicity in its for the last time clean time and particular optic service life to user.In addition, user can see other function that remaining battery life in sterilization base unit, user's setting and user can programme in a device, and described user's setting controls disinfecting in the specific time by the intensity and open-assembly time changing UV.In addition, more information about each process, instructive information or informative data can be provided to user.Such as, as shown in screenshot capture 900B, operational order can comprise the different functionalities of disinfection unit.
Referring now to the exemplary screen shots depicting ophthalmic lens memory unit in Figure 10, figure, which show the precleaning eyeglass through measuring and clean eyeglass.At 1000A place, sensor and program can produce the image in the touch-screen being incident upon ophthalmic lens memory cell, which show the left eyeglass before the sterilization that user sees and right eyeglass.The more important thing is, program can extract the numerical data that produced by sensor to follow the tracks of protein aggregation existing before cleaning or the quantity of germ.These storage data can be analyzed and when there is to warn user the protein aggregation or the change of specific germ that are greater than relative to the normal range (NR) of pre-programmed threshold value.After the abnormal quantity of the protein aggregation detected in eyeglass or germ, sterilization base unit can warn user, and directly transmission picture is to eye-care medical practitioner, or makes particular message be sent to user by one of related network device described in Fig. 8.
In addition, as shown in screenshot capture 1000B, sterilization base unit also can be analyzed and produce numerical data to determine when eyeglass cannot stand required cleaning.Such as, at the end of this situation may occur in the life cycle of eyeglass when becoming defectiveness, eyeglass or when eyeglass expires.
Referring now to the exemplary screen shots depicting ophthalmic lens memory cell in Figure 11, figure, it depicts the further user setting that can be contained in device.At 1100A place, as user interface illustrate, show the exemplary setting be associated with the lens wear cycle.These settings can comprise the user preference about cycle duration.As other parts of the present disclosure explained, this can make the intensity of routine change sterilisation radiation, frequency between the duration of each dose of radiation and described dose of radiation.
At 1100B place, comprise network user's setting as described in Figure 8, described setting can be associated with sterilization base unit.In addition, user is allowed manually to change the setting of time and date or linked to network equipment, such as mobile phone, with in automatic Date Of Change/time or the holding time changes in the daytime during travel.In addition, Weather information and irritated warning data can be downloaded by device and produce and data analysis for information.Data analysis can comprise such as, weather and allergy information is gathered with abnormal protein or microorganism and associates.Also can control warning message to prevent from sending unnecessary warning to user.
Referring now to Figure 12, show the exemplary screen shots of ophthalmic lens memory cell, the reservation of described ophthalmic lens memory cell and eye-care medical practitioner and automatic eyeglass are ordered and are associated.At 1200A place, screen display attends the prompting of predetermined eye reservation.Disinfection unit also can make the transmission of network associate device about the additional information of prompting, such as locality, cancellation information etc.After attending reservation, user checks by interface reservation that he/her has attended and sterilization base unit can record and use these data to follow the tracks of and the reservation arranging future.Alternatively, information can receive from other source be associated with device.Such as, information can directly receive from eye-care medical practitioner office, or receives from the mobile phone enabling GPS.Enable the software in the mobile phone of GPS, then such as by using smart mobile phone APP record, and numerical data can be sent to network or sterilization base unit, thus reflect that user arrives assigned address according to appointment.
Finally, ophthalmic lens memory cell also can change in conjunction with lens prescription, the change of the focal power such as such as specified, and comprises these changes at the automatic order of upper once predetermined eyeglass, or it is consistent with new recipe to follow the tracks of eyeglass used from that time.Due to the bar code such as using eyeglass to pack, or the data by producing from sensor, can realize the tracking of eyeglass and examine, with the focal power helping programming software to determine concrete eyeglass, as previously explained.
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The disclosure is provided for collecting, store and analyze data with control box function, display user message and to sterilize the base unit method of programming to ophthalmic lens.In addition, communications option allows data to be communicated between ophthalmic lens memory cell and external device (ED) or entity by network, orders for eyeglass monitoring and automatic eyeglass.
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1., for storing an equipment for one or more ophthalmic lens, comprising:
Programmable ophthalmic lens memory cell, it is for carrying out disinfection to one or more ophthalmic lens, wherein said ophthalmic lens memory cell comprises processor, described processor and digital storage logic communication use can executive software, described can executive software to be stored in described digital storage and with described processor co-operate with:
Connect between described ophthalmic lens memory cell and the network equipment be associated, wherein said connection is applicable to the communication of numerical data and wherein said sterilization base unit stores one or more ophthalmic lens;
Store the record comprising numerical data, described numerical data describes the number of described sterilization base unit to the disinfection cycle that described one or more ophthalmic lens applies;
Based on stored numerical data, generate for one of following or both automatic order: the parts of additional ophthalmic lens and ophthalmic lens memory cell; And
Described automatic order is transmitted by the described network equipment be associated.
2. base unit according to claim 1, wherein said order transmits based on the input receiving user.
3. memory cell according to claim 1 and 2, also comprises sensor, and described sensor is for measuring and store the numerical data of the situation describing the eyeglass be sterilized.
4., according to memory cell in any one of the preceding claims wherein, also comprise and can download and process the bar code reader of corresponding data, described corresponding data identifies lens product by network.
5. memory cell according to claim 4, wherein said corresponding data comprises the specification specific to described eyeglass.
6. memory cell according to claim 4, wherein said corresponding data comprises the data describing checking feature, and described checking feature can be detected by the sensor in memory cell.
7. memory cell according to claim 6, checking verification message can be sent to user or third party when examining the described checking feature in described ophthalmic lens by wherein said memory cell.
8. the base unit according to any one of claim 3-7, wherein said sensor comprises one of the intensity and direction for detecting light vector or both are to generate the device of the data describing the optical characteristics of described ophthalmic lens in disinfecting process.
9. base unit according to claim 8, the described data wherein describing the described optical characteristics of described ophthalmic lens comprise focal power and the base arc of described eyeglass.
10. base unit according to claim 8, wherein carries out the actual performance contrasting to monitor described eyeglass by the specification of measured optical characteristics and described eyeglass.
11. base units according to claim 8, wherein said actual performance data are extracted and store for analysis in the future to detect the performance change relative to setting threshold value in disinfecting process.
12. according to base unit in any one of the preceding claims wherein, also comprises the user interface that can show message notifying based on the numerical data transmitted by described processor to user.
13. according to base unit in any one of the preceding claims wherein, and also comprise the communication device that can send message to the treating apparatus be associated, described treating apparatus is used for receipt message and shows described message to one of user and third party or both.
14. according to base unit in any one of the preceding claims wherein, also comprises for one of user and third party of being associated or both inputs device for the setting preference of described message..
15. according to base unit in any one of the preceding claims wherein, wherein said processor can use can executive software store and analyze gathered by described sensor data, setting preference and from described can executive software analyze data.
16. base units according to claim 15, wherein said processor can also use the data gathered from attachment device, and described attachment device communicates with the described processor logic of described pedestal.
17. base units according to claim 16, wherein said processor can also use from the data of attachment device collection to produce automatic order, and described automatic order can be sent to third party.
18. base units according to claim 2, wherein said automatic order based on user predetermined setting and send.
19. base units according to claim 2, wherein said automatic order sends after user confirms.
20. base units according to claim 15, wherein said automatic order sends after confirming prescription by eye-care medical practitioner.
21. according to base unit in any one of the preceding claims wherein, and wherein said automatic order is for haptic lens.
22. according to base unit in any one of the preceding claims wherein, and wherein said automatic order is for sterilisation radiation source.
23. according to base unit in any one of the preceding claims wherein, and wherein said automatic order is for antiseptic solution.
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