Patent ID: 9060843
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61H,A61N

Abstract:
1. A method of treating dry eye wherein a flow of naturally occurring secretion to an eye is occluded due to the presence of an obstruction in a meibomian gland channel of a meibomian gland in an eyelid, and comprising the steps of: softening the obstruction in the meibomian gland channel of the meibomian gland; and applying a regulated directional force to the meibomian gland channel in a direction from a bottom of the meibomian gland channel to a top of the meibomian gland channel to express the obstruction from the meibomian gland channel of the meibomian gland through an orifice of the meibomian gland located at the top of the meibomian gland channel.