Inventors:
Stephen C. Pflugfelder - Miami FL
Scheffer C. G. Tseng - Miami FL
Adolfo Afonso - Miami FL
Angelo Macri - Genova, IT
Assignee:
The University of Miami - Miami FL
International Classification:
A61B 500
Abstract:
A method of evaluating clearance of fluorescein dye instilled into tear film having a greater sensitivity and specificity for diagnosing a tear film disorder as the cause of a patients ocular irritation and ocular surface disease than can be achieved using the traditional methods. The inventive method can be performed using a diagnostic kit for evaluating tear fluorescence clearance in which the concentration of tear fluorescein is visually quantified via a color standard.