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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
May. 12, 2014
Applicant:
Encore Health, Llc, Roanoke, VA (US);
Inventors:
Jonathan S. Till, Roanoke, VA (US);
Ronald D. Blum, Roanoke, VA (US);
Assignee:
Encore Health, LLC, Roanoke, VA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/74 (2006.01); A61F 9/013 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61F 9/007 (2006.01); A61K 38/06 (2006.01); A61K 38/45 (2006.01); A61K 41/00 (2006.01); A61F 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/013 (2013.01); A61F 9/007 (2013.01); A61F 9/0017 (2013.01); A61F 9/0079 (2013.01); A61K 9/0048 (2013.01); A61K 38/063 (2013.01); A61K 38/45 (2013.01); A61K 41/00 (2013.01); A61K 41/0023 (2013.01); A61K 41/0042 (2013.01);
Abstract
This invention effects a change in the accommodation of the human lens affected by presbyopia through the use of various reducing agents that change accommodative abilities of the human lens, and/or by applying energy to affect a change in the accommodative abilities of the human lens. This invention both prevents the onset of presbyopia as well as treats it. By breaking and/or preventing the formation of bonds that adhere lens fibers together causing hardening of the lens, the present invention increases the elasticity and distensibility of the lens and/or lens capsule.