ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,803, issued on Sept. 23.
"Meibomian gland roller" was invented by Lillie A. Mosaddegh (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An eye treatment system can comprise a roller with a handle, a power source, control circuitry coupled to the power source, an axle, coupled to the handle, a heating element within the roller, a cylinder configured to rotate about the axle, a temperature sensor adjacent to a surface of the cylinder, with the temperature sensor spaced apart from the heating element, and one or more arms of the roller that couple a first end of the handle to the axle, wherein at least one of the one or more arms houses fi...