Hi Jonathan, Have you actually made and tested the device yet? If it really works there are a number of people that would benefit from a device that could correct Nystagmus. You may wish to contact a patent attorney who will be able to provide you with a NDA. If you plan to protect the idea you’ll most likely require the services of an attorney anyway so now’s probably a good time to establish a relationship with one. Since you know a Dr. who specializes in the condition he/she would be a good source to evaluate and validate your idea.If it were me, I would definitely have him/her sign an NDA. It may not be a good fit for an LPS thru Edison Nation due to the limited market. I have a lot of contacts in the eyecare field and also 2 products currently being sold to eyecare professionals. If I can help in any way please let me know. Good luck!

Hi Bruce,

OK, I’m too poor to pay an attorney. I have a very long list of invention ideas and always have… but without the services of companies like Edison Nation, I could do nothing with the ideas. My eyesight is poor. Wading through miles of text online is very hard for me so I can’t do much of anything without something like EN. I’ll try to find an attorney that will do something for free, possibly through family connections. If I can’t do that, the next step is probably just to give the idea to the doctor and trust that he’ll understand the situation and be helpful. I know little about this doctor except that he has a big following on the “Nystagmus Network.” Seems like a nice person but I never met him! :(

I don’t have a prototype but I can simulate the action of the device with lenses.
Because the brain tries to compensate for the image seen by someone with nystagmus it’s not all that easy to discern how much visual improvement I’m actually getting from something like this but I’m sure the improvement is significant. It would be “another” option for a nystagmus sufferer in addition to surgery, drugs, and prism glasses. Each treatment, including my device, has its pluses and minuses. My partner died before he could complete the prototype for a speech generator we were working on. So now I’m alone, trying to get this going, along with other stuff that I’ll submit to EN whenever the right search comes up.

Another problem is one I suspect you’re familiar with if you’re an inventor type person! :) All my life people’ve been telling me I’m crazy… for coming up with ideas that are now realities because other people came up with the same thing sooner or later. And I’m kind of afraid that something akin to that could happen when communicating with a medical person at a distance. He’s at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and I’m in New York City. He may’ve actually touched on my method already and thought it didn’t work well enough… or who knows what’s driving him to push the surgery more than another treatment. He could “poo-poo” my nystagmus damper idea in a second, leaving me back at square one again.

I’ve experienced the effect of the ND personally. I would definately wear the device when I needed to see, like when driving or reading. Real work needs to be done with this though. I’m pretty frustrated. :(

Oh, even with a screen magnifier and a text-reader, I still had trouble finding my post on this forum! If you’d like to communicate with me again, my email address is:

Anyway, thanks for your reply! :) It’s appreciated.