Utah clinic using new game-changing concussion diagnostic device
Sep 26, 2024, 5:00 AM
The EyeBOX inside of the Neuro Clinic in Lehi. (KSL TV)
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LEHI — As football season approaches, a common and serious injury within the sport comes back into the spotlight: concussions.
According to the CDC, about 3.8 million sports-related concussions occur each year in the United States. Since current concussion testing requires a baseline, athletes sometimes find a way to cheat the system.
However, a new device, the EyeBOX, is the first FDA-approved technology that doesn’t require a baseline test to diagnose a concussion.
“There’s nothing like this out in the market right now,” said Dr. Kenneth Oliver, a chiropractic neurologist at the Neuro Clinic in Lehi.
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The Neuro Clinic was the first clinic in Utah to implement the new technology.
Here’s how it works: the device has a camera that tracks your eye movements while you watch a movie clip in a small box that moves around the screen. The test takes about four to five minutes in total. Then, the device immediately generates the results.
“It saves me a ton of time from sitting down and having to go through all the data,” Oliver said.
Oliver looking inside the EyeBOX as it tracks his eye movements. (KSL TV)
Oliver said this cutting-edge technology is a game changer for concussion diagnosis.
“It’s an exciting piece of equipment that I think a lot of physicians that practice in the realm that I do are really going to be excited about,” he said.
