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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2020
Applicant:
Sight Sciences, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventor:
Paul Badawi, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sight Sciences, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/00 (2006.01); A61F 7/02 (2006.01); A61F 13/00 (2006.01); A61H 23/02 (2006.01); A61M 35/00 (2006.01); A61F 7/00 (2006.01); A61F 7/03 (2006.01); A61F 7/10 (2006.01); A61F 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 7/02 (2013.01); A61F 9/00 (2013.01); A61F 13/00063 (2013.01); A61H 23/0245 (2013.01); A61H 23/0263 (2013.01); A61M 35/10 (2019.05); A61F 2007/0004 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0071 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0096 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0226 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0292 (2013.01); A61F 7/034 (2013.01); A61F 7/106 (2013.01); A61F 9/04 (2013.01); A61F 2013/00187 (2013.01); A61F 2013/0028 (2013.01); A61F 2013/00497 (2013.01); A61F 2013/00502 (2013.01); A61F 2013/00646 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0188 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0207 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0214 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0228 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0257 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0278 (2013.01); A61H 2201/10 (2013.01); A61H 2201/105 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5002 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5035 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5038 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5041 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5082 (2013.01); A61H 2205/024 (2013.01);
Abstract
Dry eye treatment apparatus and methods which include one or more patches or strips affixed to the skin of the upper and/or lower eyelids to deliver heat or other forms of energy, pressure, drugs, moisture, etc. (alone or in combination) to the one or more meibomian glands contained within the underlying skin. The one or more patches or strips may allow for the subject to blink naturally without restriction from the one or more patches or strips. The one or more patches or strips may be shaped to follow a location of one or more meibomiam glands contained within the underlying region of skin.