Patent ID: 7231922
Filing Date: 2007-06-19
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An eyewear apparatus for treating dry eye conditions comprising: a pair of eyecups, each said eyecup having a soft, pliable, curved lens projecting from a circumferential edge, said circumferential edge having a rear surface; each said eyecup having an interior cavity defined by a first surface of said lens communicating along said circumferential edge with in said rear surface; a sidewall disposed in said interior cavity; at least one moisture pad, said moisture pad having two side surfaces terminating at a perimeter edge; said sidewall adapted for removable engagement with said perimeter edge of said moisture pad when inserted in said interior cavity into an engaged position; a bridge coupling said eyecups; a soft, pliable gasket on said rear surface of each of said pair of eyecups, said gasket designed to substantially encircle and contact facial skin adjacent to the orbital bone of a respective eye socket of the wearer when said eyewear apparatus is in an as-worn position being worn by a user; said moisture pad and having an ocular cavity communicating with at least one of said two surfaces; said ocular cavity dimensioned to accommodate a respective eye of said user therein when said moisture pad is in said engaged position and said eyewear apparatus is in said as-worn position; and means to maintain said eyewear apparatus in said as-worn position.