Sight Sciences, Inc.
TREATMENT APPARATUS AND METHODS

Abstract:

Treatment apparatus and methods are described for treating the meibomian glands of a subject. The system may generally include a substrate layer having one or more heating elements incorporated, a ductile layer attached in proximity to the substrate layer and configured to conform and retain a shape of the heating strip to an anatomy of an underlying region of skin of an eyelid of a subject, and a protective layer attached in proximity to the ductile layer. The system may further include a controller which is programmable for a treatment therapy and which is in communication with the substrate layer via a connecting cable which transmits electrical energy to the substrate layer which receives the electrical energy and emits thermal energy which is conducted throughout the strip via the ductile layer to the underlying region of skin.