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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024

Filed:

Apr. 27, 2018
Applicant:

The Schepens Eye Research Institute, Inc., Boston, MA (US);

Inventors:

Kevin Houston, Boston, MA (US);

Eleftherios Paschalis Ilios, Boston, MA (US);

Matteo Tomasi, Boston, MA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/007 (2006.01); H01F 7/02 (2006.01); A61N 2/02 (2006.01); A61N 2/00 (2006.01); A61N 2/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61F 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/00718 (2013.01); A61N 2/006 (2013.01); A61N 2/02 (2013.01); A61N 2/06 (2013.01); H01F 7/02 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00539 (2013.01); A61F 9/00 (2013.01); A61F 9/0026 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device includes a frame, a rotatable housing and a permanent magnet. The frame is configured to be worn adjacent an eye region of a wearer. The rotatable housing is coupled to the frame. The permanent magnet is coupled to the rotatable housing and includes a first surface having a first static magnetic polarity and a second surface having a second static magnetic polarity opposite the first static magnetic polarity. The rotatable housing is arranged to rotate the permanent magnet between a first position orienting the first surface towards the eye region of the wearer and a second position orienting the second surface towards the eye region of the wearer. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.


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