ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,181, issued on March 25, was assigned to Sight Sciences Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.).
"Controller for dry eye treatment systems" was invented by David Badawi (Glenview, Ill.), Paul Badawi (Menlo Park, Calif.), Scott Harshman (Woodinville, Wash.) and Daniel O'Keeffe (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Controllers for dry eye treatment apparatus and methods are described herein which generally comprise a patch or strip affixed to the skin of the upper and/or lower eyelids to deliver heat to the one or more meibomian glands contained within the underlying skin. The treatment strip or strips include one or more strips configured ...