US Patent Issued to Balance Ophthalmics on Sept. 16 for "Therapeutic eye treatment with gases" (California, South Dakota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,898, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Balance Ophthalmics Inc. (Sioux Falls, S.D.).

"Therapeutic eye treatment with gases" was invented by John Berdahl (Sioux Falls, S.D.) and George Tsai (Mission Viejo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus to maintain an environment over an anterior surface of a patient eye can include an enclosure sized and shaped to be seated about the patient eye to form a cavity within the enclosure. The enclosure can be configured to contain a fluid other than ambient air in contact with the patient eye. The apparatus can include a fluid regulator in communication with the enclosure, where the...