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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2008
Applicant:
James F. Collins, Jr., Long Island City, NY (US);
Inventor:
James F. Collins, Jr., Long Island City, NY (US);
Assignee:
Optimyst Systems, Inc., West Islip, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 11/00 (2006.01); B05B 17/00 (2006.01); A61M 11/04 (2006.01); B05B 17/06 (2006.01); A61F 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B05B 17/0646 (2013.01); A61M 11/005 (2013.01); A61M 11/041 (2013.01); B05B 17/0623 (2013.01); B05B 17/0676 (2013.01); A61M 11/042 (2013.01); A61F 9/0008 (2013.01); A61M 2205/59 (2013.01); A61M 2210/0612 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of safely delivering an ophthalmic fluid to an eye, the method including targeting the eye with an ophthalmic fluid misting device and activating an ultrasonic generator to deliver the ophthalmic fluid from the ophthalmic fluid misting device across a space between the misting device and the eye. The method further including maintaining a momentum of the ophthalmic fluid that is insufficient to trigger at least one of the ocular blink reflex and the lacrimation reflex of the eye.