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US 12,336,930 B2Granted
Dry eye treatment apparatus and methods
AssigneeSight Sciences, Inc.
InventorPaul Badawi
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Abstract
Dry eye treatment apparatus and methods which include one or more patches or strips affixed to the skin of the upper and/or lower eyelids to deliver heat or other forms of energy, pressure, drugs, moisture, etc. (alone or in combination) to the one or more meibomian glands contained within the underlying skin. The one or more patches or strips may allow for the subject to blink naturally without restriction from the one or more patches or strips. The one or more patches or strips may be shaped to follow a location of one or more meibomiam glands contained within the underlying region of skin.
Claims16
A treatment assembly comprising:
- a first strip configured to emit energy to an upper eyelid of an eye, wherein the first strip has a first strip first end and a first strip second end opposite the first strip first end;
- a first connector;
- a second strip configured to emit energy to a lower eyelid of the eye, wherein the second strip has a second strip first end and a second strip second end opposite the second strip first end;
- a second connector, wherein the second connector extends laterally from the second strip first end;
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- a third strip, wherein the second connector is attached to the third strip,
- wherein the first strip and the second strip are configured to allow for a subject to blink naturally without restriction such that when the first strip and the second strip are worn by the subject, the first strip and the second strip are configured to be closer to each other when the subject has their eyes closed than when the subject has their eyes open,
- wherein the first strip second end comprises a terminal end of the first strip such that the first strip second end comprises a free end of the first strip,
- wherein the second strip second end comprises a terminal end of the second strip such that the second strip second end comprises a free end of the second strip,
- wherein when the first strip is worn by the subject, the first strip first end and the first strip second end are adhered to the upper eyelid,
- wherein when the second strip is worn by the subject, the second strip first end and the second strip second end are adhered to the lower eyelid,
- wherein when the first strip and the second strip are worn by the subject, the first strip second end and the second strip second end are closer to a nose of the subject than the first strip first end and the second strip first end, and
- wherein when the first strip and the second strip are worn by the subject, the first strip and the second strip are closer to the nose than the third strip.
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A treatment assembly comprising:
- a first strip, a second strip, a third strip, and a connector,
- wherein the first strip is placeable on an upper eyelid of an eye, wherein the first strip has a first strip first end and a first strip second end opposite the first strip first end,
- wherein energy is deliverable via the first strip to the upper eyelid,
- wherein the second strip is placeable on a lower eyelid of the eye, wherein the second strip has a second strip first end and a second strip second end opposite the first strip first end,
- wherein energy is deliverable via the second strip to the lower eyelid,
- wherein the connector extends laterally from the second strip first end toward the third strip,
- wherein when the first strip and the second strip are worn by a subject, an open space is between the first strip second end and the second strip second end such that when the first strip and the second strip are worn by the subject, the treatment assembly allows the subject to blink naturally without restriction,
- wherein the first strip has a first strip width, wherein the connector has a connector width, and wherein the first strip width is greater than the connector width, and
- wherein the first strip has a first strip length, wherein the connector has a connector length, and wherein the connector length is greater than the first strip length.
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A treatment assembly comprising:
- a first strip, a second strip, a first connector, and a second connector, wherein the second connector extends laterally from a first end of the second strip that is opposite a second end of the second strip,
- wherein the first strip is placeable on an upper eyelid of an eye,
- wherein energy is deliverable via the first strip to the upper eyelid,
- wherein the second strip is placeable on a lower eyelid of the eye,
- wherein energy is deliverable via the second strip to the lower eyelid,
- wherein the first connector and the second connector are between the first strip and the second strip such that a first end of the first strip is closer to the first end of the second strip than to the second end of the second strip,
- wherein the first connector and the second connector extend in the same direction,
- wherein the second connector is the only connector that extends from the second strip, and
- wherein the first strip and the second strip are worn by a subject, the treatment assembly is configured to allow for the subject to blink naturally without restriction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.