Meibomian gland massager

Abstract

The invention discloses a meibomian gland massaging tool for treating xerophthalmia. In a traditional method, two cotton swabs are arranged inside and outside of an upper eyelid and a lower eyelid under topical anesthesia, and the meibomian gland is gradually extruded. According to the method, the operation is inconvenient, the elapsed time is long and the sufferer is painful. In order to effectively and efficiently treat in a minimal invasive manner, the invention designs a treatment tool combined with hot compress and meibomian gland massaging at present. The massager is divided into a massaging section and a handling section. The massaging section is composed of a pair of massaging plates, and folded widths of the two plates can be more than 5mm. one plate is a smooth conjunctiva contact plate of which the thickness is 2-4mm and the other plate is a skin contact plate containing a heating resistance wire. The handling section comprises a clamping section, a handheld section, a rivet and an elastic section. A temperature control circuit is arranged inside the skin contact plate with a hollow structure; a control device also comprises a display device for displaying temperature and heating time of the skin contact plate in real time; the temperature control circuit is set by a temperature setting button, and a time control button is used for setting the time of heating the eyelids by the skin contact plate.

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technical field [0001] The utility model belongs to the technical field of medical instruments, in particular to a meibomian gland massager. Background technique [0002] Dry eye syndrome is a common ocular surface disease. Due to the extensive use of computers, air conditioners, and contact lenses, the incidence is on the rise. Mild cases often have symptoms such as dryness, foreign body sensation, burning sensation, itching, and photophobia, while severe cases show conjunctival dryness, ulcers, scars, corneal pannus, etc., and severe cases cannot work normally. [0003] An effective treatment for dry eye patients is physical therapy, including heat compresses and meibomian gland massage. Because the tears are divided into three layers, the outermost layer is the lipid layer, which is secreted by the meibomian glands, which can slow down the evaporation of tears. The oil in the meibomian glands is discharged by blinking. If blinking is reduced, lipids accumulate in the m...

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Problems solved by technology

This method is inconvenient to operate and takes a long time. Although the patient has applied superficial anesthesia, it is still very painful.

Moreover, the cotton swab can damage the patient's conjunctiva

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