US Patent Issued to Avedro on May 26 for "Systems and methods for treating an eye with a mask device" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,185, issued on May 26, was assigned to Avedro Inc. (Waltham, Mass.).

"Systems and methods for treating an eye with a mask device" was invented by Marc D. Friedman (Needham, Mass.) and Desmond Adler (Bedford, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An eye treatment positions a mask device over first and second eyes. A posterior side of the mask device is proximate to the face and the anterior side is distal from the face. The mask device includes an outer wall extending between the anterior and posterior sides and defining a chamber extending across the first and second eyes. The anterior side includes a first transmission region that all...