US Patent Issued to John Berdahl on Aug. 4 for "Pressurized goggle for intraocular pressure modification" (South Dakota, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,251, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to John Berdahl (Sioux Falls, S.D.).

"Pressurized goggle for intraocular pressure modification" was invented by John Berdahl (Sioux Falls, S.D.), Richard Cornelius (Wayzata, Minn.) and Vance Michael Thompson (Sioux Falls, S.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Assemblies and methods for modifying an intraocular pressure of a patient's one or both eyes are disclosed. The assemblies and methods can be used to treat, inhibit, or prevent ocular conditions such as glaucoma, high intraocular pressure, optic disc edema, idiopathic intracranial hypertension, zero-gravity induced papilledema, and other optic pr...