Ophthalmic shield and therapeutic method
AssigneeOcular Surface Innovations Inc.
InventorsJohn Gelles, Jerome Legerton
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Abstract
A method is disclosed, comprising obtaining at least one metric of an eye; and determining, based on the at least one metric of the eye, at least one parameter for manufacturing an ophthalmic shield to be worn on the eye. In some embodiments, the ophthalmic shield may have a minimum horizontal dimension of 18 mm and a minimum vertical dimension of 15 mm. In some embodiments, the ophthalmic shield may have a minimum horizontal dimension of 20 mm and a minimum vertical dimension of 17 mm. In some embodiments, the ophthalmic shield may have a minimum horizontal dimension of 26 mm and a minimum vertical dimension of 22 mm.
Claims11
A method comprising:
- obtaining at least one metric of an eye of a patient;
- and
- determining, based on the at least one metric of the eye of the patient, at least one parameter for manufacturing an ophthalmic shield to be worn on the eye of the patient, wherein the ophthalmic shield has a minimum horizontal dimension of 18 mm and a minimum vertical dimension of 15 mm;
- wherein obtaining at least one metric comprises obtaining upper and lower lid positions relative to a superior and inferior limbus of the eye of the patient;
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- determining at least one parameter comprises determining, based on the obtained upper and lower lid positions, one or more parameters of one or more lid speculum features for an anterior aspect of the ophthalmic shield.
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