US Patent Issued to Balance Ophthalmics on March 17 for "Eye treatment apparatus and method with independent pressure sources" (California, South Dakota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,999, issued on March 17, was assigned to Balance Ophthalmics Inc. (Sioux Falls, S.D.).

"Eye treatment apparatus and method with independent pressure sources" was invented by John Berdahl (Sioux Falls, S.D.) and George Tsai (Mission Viejo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus can include a left cover, sized and shaped to fit over a left eye of a patient to define a left cavity between the left cover and an anterior surface of the left eye and a right cover, sized and shaped to fit over a right eye of the patient to define a right cavity between the right cover and an anterior surface of the right eye. The apparatus can ...