TearScience Patents
TearScience has made a significant investment in time and resources to develop innovative solutions for assessing and treating evaporative dry eye disease.In order to protect its investment, TearScience has been granted the following patents for its intellectual property:
LipiFlow Patents
| Patent No. |
Patent Title |
Date Issued |
| D613,408 |
Eye treatment head gear |
April 6, 2010 |
| D614,303 |
Eye treatment apparatus |
April 20, 2010 |
| D617,443 |
Eye treatment goggles |
June 8, 2010 |
| 7,833,205 |
Methods for treating meibomian gland dysfunction
employing fluid jet |
November 16, 2010 |
| D638,128 |
Ocular device design |
May 17, 2011 |
| 7,976,573 |
Inner eyelid heat and pressure treatment for
meibomian gland dysfunction |
July 12, 2011 |
| 7,981,095 |
Methods for treating meibomian gland dysfunction
employing fluid jet |
July 19, 2011 |
| 7,981,145 |
Treatment of meibomian glands |
July 19, 2011 |
| 7,981,146 |
Inner eyelid treatment for meibomian gland
dysfunction |
July 19, 2011 |
| 7,981,147 |
Outer eyelid heat and pressure treatment for
meibomian gland dysfunction |
July 19, 2011 |
| 8,025,689 |
Methods for treating meibomian gland dysfunction |
September 27, 2011 |
| 8,083,787 |
Methods for treating meibomian gland dysfunction |
December 27, 2011 |
| 8,128,673 |
Inner eyelid heat and pressure treatment for
meibomian gland dysfunction |
March 6, 2012 |
| 8,128,674 |
Outer eyelid heat and pressure treatment for
meibomian gland dysfunction |
March 6, 2012 |
| 8,137,390 |
System for heat treatment and heat reduction
for meibomian gland dysfunction |
March 20, 2012 |
| 8,187,310 |
Method and apparatus for treating meibomian gland dysfunction |
May 29, 2012 |
| 8,187,311 |
Method and apparatus for treating meibomian gland dysfunction |
May 29, 2012 |
LipiView Patents
| Patent No. |
Patent Title |
Date Issued |
| D614,774 |
Ocular imaging apparatus |
April 27, 2010 |
| 7,758,190 |
Tear film measurement |
July 20, 2010 |
| 7,988,294 |
Tear film measurement |
August 2, 2011 |
| 8,092,023 |
Ocular surface interferometry methods for imaging and
measuring tear film |
January 10, 2012 |
| 8,192,026 |
Tear film measurement |
June 5, 2012 |
| 8,215,774 |
Ocular surface interferometry devices and systems for imaging
and measuring tear film layer thickness |
July 10, 2012 |
