Electrolytic device for treating an eye disorder

Abstract

Devices and methods are described for electrolytically, ultrasonically, or both electrolytically and ultrasonically disrupting debris on an eyelid margin. A method contacts debris on an eyelid margin with a first electrode and contacting a surface of an eyelid with a second electrode and supplying electrical energy to one of the first or second electrodes to disrupt the debris on the eyelid margin. Another method applies ultrasonic energy to the eyelid margin to disrupt debris on the eyelid margin. In yet another method electrical energy is supplied to a structure within the eyelid to disrupt debris within that structure while not harming the underlying the eyelid margin, the eyelid, or the structure within the eyelid.

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