Patents

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