ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,338, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Demaod Ltd (Tel Aviv, Israel).

"Devices and methods for stimulating tear secretion" was invented by Ronen Shavit (Tel Aviv, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In various implementations, a device for stimulating the lacrimal gland optionally the meibomian gland of an eye of a user by emitting light on the retina may include a control unit and an optical system connected to the control unit and arranged in the viewing direction of the user. Implementations of the device may also include a power supply unit for supplying power to the control unit and/or optical system. The light stimulation pu...