Patent ID: 7771342

Claim:
An apparatus for the treatment of an eye problem of a user person, the apparatus comprising: a therapy unit that supplies a floater-controlling therapeutically effective dose of a magnetic field, or both the magnetic field and an electric stimulation; and a holder operatively coupled to the therapy unit so that the holder maintains the therapy unit in a therapeutically effective position on the person near the person's eye, wherein the holder includes a bio-compatible adhesive material configured to hold the therapy unit to but readily release from the user's skin, and wherein the therapy unit and the holder are assembled into a single unit operatively configured to be used alone and held to the person's skin on only a lower eyelid of the person, wherein the holder includes a first surface facing away from the user's skin and a second surface facing toward the user's skin, the second surface having an area, wherein the therapy unit includes a permanent magnet and the adhesive material is affixed to a lower edge of the second surface, and at least one side edge but not a top edge of the second surface, and at least half the area of the second surface is free of adhesive when the adhesive material on the lower edge is adhered to the lower eyelid of the user.