US Patent Issued to IRIDEX on Feb. 10 for "Method and eye mask apparatus for treating an eye using a broad area light source" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,590, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to IRIDEX Corp. (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Method and eye mask apparatus for treating an eye using a broad area light source" was invented by Howard Chen (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light based system for treating an eye includes a mask that is configured for positioning on the eye and a light source that is configured to deliver therapeutic light. The mask has an inner surface that is positionable against the eye and an outer surface that is opposite the inner surface. The mask is optically opaque to prevent transmission of light through the mask and the mask includes at lea...