ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,930, issued on June 24, was assigned to Sight Sciences Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.).
"Dry eye treatment apparatus and methods" was invented by Paul Badawi (Menlo Park, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Dry eye treatment apparatus and methods which include one or more patches or strips affixed to the skin of the upper and/or lower eyelids to deliver heat or other forms of energy, pressure, drugs, moisture, etc. (alone or in combination) to the one or more meibomian glands contained within the underlying skin. The one or more patches or strips may allow for the subject to blink naturally without restriction from the one or more patche...