Therapeutic ultrasound for eye disorder

a technology for eye disorders and ultrasound, applied in the field of medical devices and methods, can solve the problems of affecting the appearance of patients, cumbersome and expensive for ophthalmologists, and affecting the treatment of patients, so as to enhance the drug delivery to the eyelid, enhance the drug delivery to the eyelashes, and improve the effect of the appearan

Inactive Publication Date: 2018-04-19
OLYMPIC OPHTHALMICS INC
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[0085]In some embodiments, therapeutic sound, vibration, or ultrasound is utilized to enhance drug delivery to the eyelid.
[0086]In some embodiments, therapeutic ultrasound utilized to enhance drug delivery to the eyelashes to improve their appearance or enhance their growth.

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The intranasal neurostimulator was uncomfortable for many patients and resulted in a great number of side effects including an epistaxis rate of over 5 percent.
This device also had been shown to be effective for dry eye in clinical trials but is also cumbersome and expensive for an ophthalmologist and patients, lasting about 30 min to an hour inside a physician's office.
While these devices represent advances in the treatment of dry-eye, new methods and devices are needed to treat dry eye and associated lack of ability to produce tears and maintain sufficient Meibomian gland secretions.

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[0462]The inventions contained herein all pertain to utilizing mechanical force to treat disorders of the eye including disorders of the front of the eye and the back of the eye.

[0463]Sound and Ultrasound and vibration are utilized interchangeably in this invention description. Mechanical vibration at audible frequencies (20 to 20,000 Hz) may or may not actually transmit audible sound waves but may transmit force to a surface and is included in the broad definition of sound and ultrasound. Vibration, or mechanical vibration, is the broadest term and encompasses all sound or ultrasound regardless of whether pressure waves are created. Sound is simply mechanical vibration which transmits pressure waves through a medium which is then processed and “heard.” Vibration as a category encompasses ultrasound and sound as well as mechanical vibration which may not result in sound. For example, mechanical vibration may be delivered by a probe with a linear motion, a planar motion, or motion in...

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Methods and devices are described which allow sound waves to be safely be applied to the eyelid of an eye of a patient or through the eyelid to other structures in the eye or to or through structures in the facial region to effect changes to one or more structures in and around the eye or directly through the cornea or sclera to regions of the eye to treat one or more diseases of the eye.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62 / 521,362 (Attorney Docket No. 52608-703.106), filed Jun. 16, 2017; U.S. Provisional Application No. 62 / 509,238 (Attorney Docket No. 52608-703.105), filed May 24, 2017; U.S. Provisional Application No. 62 / 451,583 (Attorney Docket No. 52608-703.104), filed Jan. 27, 2017; U.S. Provisional Application No. 62 / 422,627 (Attorney Docket No. 52608-703.103), filed Nov. 16, 2016; and U.S. Provisional Application No. 62 / 410,115 (Attorney Docket No. 52608-703.102), filed Oct. 19, 2016; and U.S. Provisional Application No. 62 / 408,651 (Attorney Docket No. 52608-703.101), filed Oct. 14, 2016, each of which are incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates generally medical devices and methods. More particularly, the present invention relates to devices and methods for treating an eye.[0003]Therapeutic sound ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A61N7/00
CPCA61N7/00A61N2007/0026A61N7/02A61H15/0085A61H23/0263A61H23/0254A61M37/0092A61B17/0231A61H23/0245A61F9/00A61N1/36046A61H2230/505A61H2205/023A61H2201/0207A61H2201/1207A61N2007/0078A61H2205/024A61H2201/1607A61H2201/0153A61H2201/0157A61H2201/105A61F2250/0093H02K1/2733A61K9/0048A61K9/0009
Inventor GERTNER, MICHAEL ERICZHANG, JIMIN
Owner OLYMPIC OPHTHALMICS INC
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