Patent ID: 8267907

Claim:
An article of manufacture for treating the eye, comprising: an impermeable bag created by an impermeable membrane, the bag being sized to fit generally within a single peri-orbital region and sufficiently flexible to mold to the eye within the peri-orbital region without extending to the rest of the face; a material attached to the outside of the impermeable bag that is suitable for absorbing and retaining a liquid substance, and a substance suitable for cleaning eyelids present in said material, wherein the material does not cover the bag completely; a handle that is attached to the outside of the bag where the impermeable membrane is not covered; and a heat source that includes a liquid in the bag to produce an exothermic chemical reaction in the bag, the exothermic reaction to provide the bag with a temperature suitable for contact with eye lids, wherein the bag is impermeable in that the liquid of the heat source cannot pass outside the bag under ordinary use of the bag when heat is being released for treating the eye.