US Patent Issued to Sight Sciences on Sept. 22 for "Treatment apparatus and methods" (California, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,888, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Sight Sciences Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Treatment apparatus and methods" was invented by Paul Badawi (Menlo Park, Calif.) and Scott Harshman (Woodinville, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Treatment apparatus and methods are described for treating the meibomian glands of a subject. The system may generally include a substrate layer having one or more heating elements incorporated, a ductile layer attached in proximity to the substrate layer and configured to conform and retain a shape of the heating strip to an anatomy of an underlying region of skin of an eyelid of a subject, and a pro...