GB2535424A - Method to assist Parkinson disease sufferers No.2 - Google Patents

Abstract

Glasses, spectacles, goggles or similar eyewear intended to alleviate symptoms associated with Parkinson's disease. The eyewear includes lenses which reduce the amount of light reaching the wearer's eye. In a preferred embodiment rows of Porro prisms which reflect light are attached to or integral with the lens, with gaps between the rows allowing transmission of light. The lenses may include coloured or tinted filters which comprise rows of opaque dots or squares, or parallel opaque lines which block light. The filters may comprise removable film. The eyewear may include means such as flexible side coverings for blocking peripheral light.

Description

Invention titled; Method to assist Parkinson disease sufferers No.2.

Preamble: A friend has Parkinson disease, and shakes noticeably. In an attempt to understand the cause, and find a solution, I reflected and sew similarities on a problem that I was having with an old computer. I had upgraded some programs, but had not renewed the hardware, and when I went to open a new high definition picture, the computer would try to open the file, but would struggle and vibrate, and then lock up. The only way to overcome this problem was to turn off the computer, by turning off the power switch. On researching the computer problem, one of the suggestions was to lower the resolution setting on the computer. This solution worked, and the computer worked normally. I realized that this may be a solution for early stage Parkinson disease sufferers, the same as eye glasses assist with vision impairment, they are not a cure for blindness. this invention could assist early stage Parkinson sufferers. but is not a cure for Parkinson disease. The problem was simply that the eyes were simply sending too much Information to the part of the brain ' effected by Parkinson disease. The solution was to lower the amount of information the eyes could send to the brain, in other words to lower the resolution. This could be achieved by applying rows of prisms or filters to the lens of goggles or glasses. Prior art: I was aware that one treatment was to use white light shone on the back of the eyes, and I was aware that changing colour tints was used to correct mood slings in some people. These methods are also used to treat people suffering from dementia and migraines.

This invention: In its simplest form consists of a pair of goggles or glasses fitted with lenses, that have rows of Porro prisms attached to or are part of the lens, that will return the light in the direction It came from, and because the light exits and enters the glass only at normal incidence, the prism is not dispersive. There are gaps in between these rows of prisms that let the light through to the eye. This effectively reduces the amount of information that the eye can receive and pass on to the brain. The lenses could be fitted with filters that may be coloured with a tint that is a uniform background colour or clear. The filters would consist of a uniform rows of small dots or squares, usually coloured black, but other colours could also work. The colours could be solid, but may be a darker shade of the background tint. The filters could be a series of parallel lines running across the lens of the goggles or glasses to block out some of the light reaching the eye. The goggles by their construction block out peripheral light coming from the sides, but a suitable means will be needed if standard glasses are used. The side covering could easily be made of a soft flexible material to seal out the peripheral light, it could be made of a solid colour, or be impregnated with the same pattern and colour as the lens. The lens could have a removable film of material with the appropriate filter and colour tint that is attached to the outside of the lens, or the filter and colour tint could be permanently embedded in the lens. Those skilled in the art would know that any combination of the above described invention could form the invention. It would also be necessary to wear the glasses for all the sufferers waking hours, to prevent the tremors and shakes from returning,

Claims (2)

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2. 2. A in Claim 1, .By using micro Porro Prism's in rows eon Pr 's reflect the:tight source 18G:degrees, back in the dir light uti-4, came, the distance between the rows I Ying the li tree through to the eye. effectivelyover g the: degree of resoluti obtained, and controlling and lowering the resolution of the light source sent from the eye to the brain.

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   3, Claim 4, above and Diag.l. and Diag.2, but with a colour tint. or.colour in the lenze material, or on the surface of the lense material, to improve the effectiveness of the lenses, their.impact restslanCe, optical clarity, flexibility, durability and appearance, 6. Any information that is shown in the discnption of this invention, that makes up this invention,