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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2020
Twenty Twenty Therapeutics Llc, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Amir Samakar, Fremont, CA (US);
Twenty Twenty Therapeutics LLC, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Pumps for noncontact tonometry are provided. In one embodiment, a pump for noncontact tonometry includes a compression pump, a compression chamber, a first pressure sensor in communication with the compression chamber, a surge chamber, and a valve separating the compression chamber and surge chamber. The compression pump compresses a first volume of gas into the compression chamber. When the first pressure sensor detects a threshold pressure in the compression chamber, the valve opens and releases the gas into a surge chamber, where it combines with a gas residing in the surge chamber to form a puff of gas that escapes from the surge chamber through a flow-limiting nozzle. The components of the pump, which relies on passive rather than active components to create the controlled puff, can be assembled to have a profile that is portable and fit for home use.