US Patent Issued to Ocular Surface Innovations on Oct. 14 for "Ophthalmic shield and therapeutic apparatus" (Florida, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,385, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Ocular Surface Innovations Inc. (Jupiter, Fla.).

"Ophthalmic shield and therapeutic apparatus" was invented by John Gelles (Teaneck, N.J.) and Jerome Legerton (Jupiter, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ophthalmic shield to be worn on an eye is disclosed. In some embodiments, the ophthalmic shield may have a minimum horizontal dimension of 18 mm and a minimum vertical dimension of 15 mm. In some embodiments, the ophthalmic shield may have a minimum horizontal dimension of 20 mm and a minimum vertical dimension of 17 mm. In some embodiments, the ophthalmic shield may have a minimum horizont...