Treatment apparatus and methods

A heating strip system, comprising:

• a substrate layer having one or more heating elements incorporated;
• a flexible connector formed from the substrate layer and configured to extend from the substrate layer;
• a ductile layer attached in proximity to the substrate layer and configured to conform and retain a shape of the substrate layer to an anatomy of an underlying region of skin of an eyelid of a subject;
• a protective layer attached in proximity to the ductile layer and where the protective layer, ductile layer, and substrate layer each has a contour which is identical to one another, where the ductile layer and the protective layer are coextensive with a treatment portion of the substrate layer to define a peripheral boundary of the treatment portion, and where the flexible connector is further configured to extend beyond the peripheral boundary, and where each layer defines an opening at each end and at a central portion away from a proximal edge and a distal edge such that each opening coincides with one another when each layer is aligned upon one another, and where each layer is assembled into a heating strip such that the heating strip presents a flush and smooth surface configured to adhere to the underlying region of skin and where the heating strip has a flexibility sufficient to accommodate movement of the eyelid to allow for the subject to blink naturally without restriction while conforming and retaining its shape to the underlying region via the ductile layer;
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• a controller which is programmable for a treatment therapy and which is in communication with the substrate layer via the flexible connector which is configured to transmit electrical energy to the substrate layer which is configured to receive the electrical energy and emit thermal energy for conduction throughout the heating strip via the ductile layer such that the thermal energy is directed inwardly via the protective layer to the underlying region of skin.