ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,083, issued on July 1, was assigned to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc. (Atlanta).
"Systems and methods for assessing infant and child development via eye tracking" was invented by Ami Klin (Atlanta) and Warren Jones (Decatur, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices, and methods are described for assessing the risk of developmental, cognitive, social, or mental abilities or disabilities in very young patients (e.g., in the first 2-6 months of life). Generally, the decline in visual fixation of a subject over time with respect to certain dynamic stimuli provides a marker of possible abilities or disabilities (such as A...