Abstract

Over thirty years ago and along with two other colleagues, one an ophthalmologist (MD), I invented a device that we called the Trophorometer a device to “measure tropias (manifest ocular misalignment) and phorias (latent deviation compensated for by the fusional reflex) to within one to two degrees” [1]. This was not my first foray as an engineer into the fascinating world of ophthalmology as I had designed and coded a system for the American Academy of Ophthalmology to allow practitioners to track and bill patients-this was a new concept back then and although I was well-paid as a consultant in the project, it really was not my passion. Since then, others have taken up patient database development and done a commendable job.