ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,400,760, issued on Aug. 26.
"Method for self-diagnosis and method for self-treatment of posterior segment eye disease" was invented by Masatoshi Murata (Morioka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method for self-diagnosis of posterior segment eye disease are provided wherein a patient (a) obtains a self-fundus imageby instilling mydriatic drops to dilate their pupil, placing a monitor that outputs an image captured by a fundus videography camera, placing a lens in front of their eye, holding the camera so that the fundus can be recorded through the lens and focuses the camera, placing a lens in front of their eye, holding the camera s...