ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,485, issued on June 30.
"Eye drop propulsion device and method" was invented by Andrew Peter Davis (Bellevue, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An eye drop propulsion device and method for propelling a drop of fluid towards an eye, including a compression chamber connected to a container configured to retain fluid, a dispenser aperture connected to the compression chamber and configured to be selectively occluded or not occluded, and a compressor configured to alter pressure in the compression chamber such that when the compressor is activated when the dispenser aperture is occluded, air is forced to flow from the compression cham...