Patent ID: 11918512
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 15:
16. A method for treating meibomian gland dysfunction utilizing the ophthalmic specialty instrument of claim 1, the method comprising the steps of:
holding a first elongated arm and a second elongated arm of an ophthalmic specialty instrument by a proximal end of the ophthalmic specialty apparatus;
approaching an eyelid margin of a patient with the ophthalmic specialty instrument at a substantially 90-degree angle to the eyelid margin;
positioning a first pressure plate attached to a distal end of the first elongated arm on an inside of the eyelid margin and a second pressure plate attached to a distal end of the second elongated arm on an outside of the eyelid margin; and
applying pressure to one or more meibomian glands and mechanically expressing the one or more meibomian glands via the first pressure plate and the second pressure plate by squeezing the first elongated arm and the second elongated arm.