Systems for management of dry eye syndrome
AssigneeDEL Corporation
InventorsNancy M. Holekamp, Rita E. Hindmon, Michael Stanton Korenfeld
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Abstract
In implementations of systems for management of dry eye syndrome, a palpebral fissure width is determined as a distance between a medial canthus and a lateral canthus of closed eyelids. An ideal eyelash length is generated based on the distance. Prostheses having the ideal eyelash length are attached to candidate eyelashes of an upper eyelid of the closed eyelids. The prostheses introduce a turbulence to airflow around a tear film which prevents the tear film from evaporating. Dry eye syndrome is managed by preventing the tear film from evaporating.
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A method for management of dry eye syndrome, the method comprising:
- determining, by a computing device, a palpebral fissure width as a total distance between a medial canthus and a lateral canthus of closed eyelids of an eye;
- generating, by the computing device, an ideal eyelash length based on the total distance, the ideal eyelash length in a range of 20.0 percent to 40.0 percent of the total distance;
- segmenting eyelashes of an upper eyelid of the closed eyelids into a first region and a second region;
- attaching a first prosthesis having the ideal eyelash length to a candidate eyelash of the first region, the first prosthesis including a first channel having a first channel width configured to house the candidate eyelash of the first region;
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- attaching a second prosthesis having a length that differs from the ideal eyelash length to a candidate eyelash of the second region, the second prosthesis including a second channel having a second channel width configured to house the candidate eyelash of the second region, the first prosthesis and the second prosthesis configured to disrupt airflow incident to a tear film of the eye.
A method for management of dry eye syndrome comprising:
- determining, by a computing device, a distance between a medial canthus and a lateral canthus of eyelids of an eye;
- generating, by the computing device, an ideal eyelash length that represents a percentage of the distance, the ideal eyelash length less than the distance;
- segmenting eyelashes of a lower eyelid of the eyelids into a first region and a second region;
- attaching a first prosthesis to a candidate eyelash of the first region via a first channel having a first channel width configured to house the candidate eyelash of the first region, the first prosthesis having the ideal eyelash length;
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- attaching a second prosthesis having a length that differs from the ideal eyelash length to a candidate eyelash of the second region via a second channel having a second channel width configured to house the candidate eyelash of the second region, the first prosthesis and the second prosthesis configured to generate one or more turbulences to airflow incident to a tear film of the eye.
A method for management of dry eye syndrome comprising:
- determining, by a computing device, a distance between a medial canthus and a lateral canthus of an eyelid of an eye;
- generating, by the computing device, an ideal eyelash length that represents a percentage of the distance, the ideal eyelash length less than the distance;
- segmenting eyelashes of the eyelid into a first region and a second region;
- attaching a first prosthesis having the ideal eyelash length to a candidate eyelash of the first region via a first sleeve portion configured to envelop the candidate eyelash of the first region;
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- attaching a second prosthesis having a length that differs from the ideal eyelash length to a candidate eyelash of the second region via a second sleeve portion configured to envelop the candidate eyelash of the second region, the first prosthesis and the second prosthesis configured to generate one or more turbulences to airflow incident to a tear film of the eye.
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