APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AMYLOID IN A RETINA IN A DIAGNOSIS ADVANCEMENT AND PROGNOSING OF ALZHEIMER S DISEASE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY MACULAR DEGENERATION AND A PLURALITY OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISSORDERS AND OCULAR DISEASES

摘要

The present invention is an apparatus and method to produce an image of an eye of a patient that includes an optical head that includes imaging optics illumination source optics and a camera housing with a perimeter that houses the video camera optics and the illumination source optics a slit lamp chinrest and joystick assembly that includes an adjustable head support a movable base a joystick that adjusts a position of the camera housing relative to the head support and the housing support that mounts the video camera a rubber eyecup that provides an interface between the camera housing and the patient s eye that protrudes outward from the perimeter and a computer system that analyzes images and data for the presence of amyloid in a retina and other deposits and provides a diagnosis of macular degeneration Alzheimer s disease traumatic brain injury multiple concussive injury neurodegenerative and other ocular disorders.