AU5482099A - Measurement of tear film break-up-time - Google Patents

Measurement of tear film break-up-time

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Publication number
AU5482099A
AU5482099A AU54820/99A AU5482099A AU5482099A AU 5482099 A AU5482099 A AU 5482099A AU 54820/99 A AU54820/99 A AU 54820/99A AU 5482099 A AU5482099 A AU 5482099A AU 5482099 A AU5482099 A AU 5482099A
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Prior art keywords
measurement
time
tear film
film break
break
Prior art date
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Abandoned
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AU54820/99A
Inventor
Victor M. Finnemore
Donald R. Korb
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Ocular Research of Boston Inc
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Ocular Research of Boston Inc
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Application filed by Ocular Research of Boston Inc filed Critical Ocular Research of Boston Inc
Publication of AU5482099A publication Critical patent/AU5482099A/en
Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B3/00—Apparatus for testing the eyes; Instruments for examining the eyes
    • A61B3/10—Objective types, i.e. instruments for examining the eyes independent of the patients' perceptions or reactions
    • A61B3/101—Objective types, i.e. instruments for examining the eyes independent of the patients' perceptions or reactions for examining the tear film
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B10/00—Other methods or instruments for diagnosis, e.g. instruments for taking a cell sample, for biopsy, for vaccination diagnosis; Sex determination; Ovulation-period determination; Throat striking implements
    • A61B10/0045—Devices for taking samples of body liquids
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B10/00—Other methods or instruments for diagnosis, e.g. instruments for taking a cell sample, for biopsy, for vaccination diagnosis; Sex determination; Ovulation-period determination; Throat striking implements
    • A61B10/0045—Devices for taking samples of body liquids
    • A61B2010/0067—Tear or lachrymal fluid
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F9/00—Methods or devices for treatment of the eyes; Devices for putting-in contact lenses; Devices to correct squinting; Apparatus to guide the blind; Protective devices for the eyes, carried on the body or in the hand

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  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Molecular Biology (AREA)
  • Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Biomedical Technology (AREA)
  • Heart & Thoracic Surgery (AREA)
  • Medical Informatics (AREA)
  • Public Health (AREA)
  • Surgery (AREA)
  • Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Biophysics (AREA)
  • Ophthalmology & Optometry (AREA)
  • Hematology (AREA)
  • Pathology (AREA)
  • Eye Examination Apparatus (AREA)
AU54820/99A 1998-08-12 1999-08-12 Measurement of tear film break-up-time Abandoned AU5482099A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US13295898A 1998-08-12 1998-08-12
US09132958 1998-08-12
PCT/US1999/018391 WO2000035365A1 (en) 1998-08-12 1999-08-12 Measurement of tear film break-up-time

Publications (1)

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AU5482099A true AU5482099A (en) 2000-07-03

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AU54820/99A Abandoned AU5482099A (en) 1998-08-12 1999-08-12 Measurement of tear film break-up-time

Country Status (3)

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EP (1) EP1104263A4 (en)
AU (1) AU5482099A (en)
WO (1) WO2000035365A1 (en)

Families Citing this family (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US7052131B2 (en) * 2001-09-10 2006-05-30 J&J Vision Care, Inc. Biomedical devices containing internal wetting agents
US6822016B2 (en) 2001-09-10 2004-11-23 Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. Biomedical devices containing internal wetting agents
EP3015874A1 (en) * 2006-12-11 2016-05-04 Tearlab Research, Inc. Systems and methods for collecting tear film and measuring tear film osmolarity
ES2828278T3 (en) 2014-09-23 2021-05-25 Tearlab Res Inc Microfluidic tear collection integration system and lateral flow analysis of analytes of interest

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US3075527A (en) * 1960-06-02 1963-01-29 Chemway Corp Sterile medicated strips
US4409205A (en) * 1979-03-05 1983-10-11 Cooper Laboratories, Inc. Ophthalmic solution
NZ200429A (en) * 1981-04-30 1984-10-19 Smith & Nephew Ass Applicator for placing pharmaceutically active agent in contact with moist surface,e.g.,eye
US4994751A (en) * 1989-08-14 1991-02-19 Jerry W. Cook System for assessing lachrymal fluid content of a sample pad
US5352445A (en) * 1992-05-07 1994-10-04 Lavaux Joseph E Lavaux tear test lacrimal equilibration time (LET)
JPH09182723A (en) * 1995-12-28 1997-07-15 Taisho Pharmaceut Co Ltd Diagnostic method for dry eye

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EP1104263A1 (en) 2001-06-06
EP1104263A4 (en) 2008-11-19
WO2000035365A1 (en) 2000-06-22

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Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
MK6 Application lapsed section 142(2)(f)/reg. 8.3(3) - pct applic. not entering national phase