Device and method for treating dry eyes

Abstract

A device and method for treating eyelid or per-ocular area of a patient. The device has an optical transmission assembly having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the optical transmission assembly being connectable to an optical light source for receiving intense pulsed light (IPL) therefrom; a radio-frequency (RF) transmission assembly having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the RF transmission assembly being connectable to a RF energy source for receiving RF energy therefrom; a handpiece having a proximal end and a distal end, the handpiece mounted around at least a distal side of the optical transmission assembly; a first removable tip removably connectable to the distal end of the handpiece and configured to be positioned in contact with the eyelid or peri-ocular area of the patient to transmit the intense pulsed light (IPL) from the distal end of the optical transmission assembly to the eyelid or peri-ocular area of the patient; and a second removable tip removably connectable to the distal end of the handpiece and configured to be positioned in contact with the eyelid or peri-ocular area of the patient to transmit the RF energy from the distal end of the RF transmission assembly to the eyelid or peri-ocular area of the patient.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.