Ocular self-treatment apparatus and method

Details Ocular self-treatment apparatus and method Ocular self-treatment apparatus and method

1988-05-04

1990-03-13

Rosenbaum, C. Fred

Surgery

Means for introducing or removing material from body for...

Treating material applied to or removed from external...

A61M 700

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049080245

ABSTRACT:
An ocular self-treatment apparatus and self-treatment method for simplifying and improving the ease of ocular self-treatment. The apparatus is formed of a frame to be worn by the patient. The frame supports one or two light deviation apparatus. These apparatus deviate the visual access of the patient. The frame also supports one or two dispensers of ocular treatment material. A patient rotates his eye upwards and the light deviation apparatus allows him to observe the lower ocular area. The patient can then evert his lower eyelid and apply ocular treatment material to the cul-de-suc of the conjunctiva.

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