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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2020
Applicant:
Cxl Ophthalmics, Llc, Encinitas, CA (US);
Inventors:
Roy S. Rubinfeld, Bethesda, MD (US);
Wayne Korteweg, S. Stonington, CT (US);
Assignee:
EPION THERAPEUTICS, INC., Burlington, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 31/525 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/0008 (2013.01); A61K 9/0048 (2013.01); A61K 31/525 (2013.01);
Abstract
A first sponge device for use to manipulate and prepare the surface of the epithelium of an eye prior to application of an ophthalmic solution has a handle and a sponge head secured to the handle. The head is made of an absorbent, wicking sponge material and has a non-sharp, tissue preparation surface of predetermined shape for rubbing across the surface of the epithelium layer in order to manipulate the tissue. After the surface is prepared, a second, holding sponge is placed over the eye to act as a reservoir and to hold ophthalmic solution against the eye surface.