Patent ID: 8517936
Filing Date: 2013-08-27
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. An eyelid lifting device, comprising, in combination: an eyelid contacting member having a first width and an eyelid contacting member long axis; a forehead contacting member having a second width and a forehead contacting member long axis; an elastomeric connecting member having a third width, with the elastomeric contacting member being coupled to an outer surface of the eyelid contacting member and the elastomeric connecting member being coupled to an outer surface of the forehead contacting member, the elastomeric connecting member thereby coupling the eyelid contacting member and the forehead contacting member, with the first width being less than the second width and the third width being less than the first width; the eyelid contacting member having an inner surface having a layer of a first adhesive coupled thereto; the forehead contacting member having an inner surface having a layer of a first adhesive coupled thereto; the elastomeric connecting member being coupled to the forehead contacting member by a second adhesive; the eyelid contacting member having a generally rectilinear configuration with an inner edge having an arcuate configuration; the forehead contacting member having a generally rectilinear configuration with an inner edge having a linear configuration; and the elastomeric connecting member having a generally elongated solid tubular configuration, the elastomeric connecting member having a long axis transverse to the long axes of the eyelid contact member and the forehead contact member.