Dry eye treatment apparatus and methods are described herein which generally includes a patch or strip affixed to the skin of the upper and/or lower eyelids to deliver heat or other forms of energy, pressure, drugs, moisture, etc. (alone or in combination) to the one or more meibomian glands contained within the underlying skin. The treatment strip or strips include one or more strips configured to adhere to an underlying region of skin in proximity to one or both eyes of a subject such that the one or more strips allow for the subject to blink naturally without restriction from the one or more strips. Moreover, the one or more strips may be configured to emit energy to the underlying region of skin and where the one or more strips are shaped to follow a location of one or more meibomiam glands contained within the underlying region of skin.

The invention provides an eyelid closure patch comprising a main body comprising a front face and a back face, wherein one of the front face and back face comprises silicone adhesive at least partially covering the surface thereof, and wherein the main body comprises a semi-permeable or occlusive membrane.

Dry eye treatment apparatus and methods are described herein which generally comprise a patch or strip affixed to the skin of the upper and/or lower eyelids to deliver heat or other forms of energy, pressure, drugs, moisture, etc. (alone or in combination) to the one or more meibomian glands contained within the underlying skin. The treatment strip or strips include one or more strips configured to adhere to an underlying region of skin in proximity to one or both eyes of a subject such that the one or more strips allow for the subject to blink naturally without restriction from the one or more patches. Moreover, the one or more strips may be configured to emit energy to the underlying region of skin and where the one or more strips are shaped to follow a location of one or more meibomiam glands contained within the underlying region of skin.

Dry eye treatment apparatus and methods are described herein which generally comprise a patch or strip affixed to the skin of the upper and/or lower eyelids to deliver heat or other forms of energy, pressure, drugs, moisture, etc. (alone or in combination) to the one or more meibomian glands contained within the underlying skin. The treatment strip or strips include one or more strips configured to adhere to an underlying region of skin in proximity to one or both eyes of a subject such that the one or more strips allow for the subject to blink naturally without restriction from the one or more patches. Moreover, the one or more strips may be configured to emit energy to the underlying region of skin and where the one or more strips are shaped to follow a location of one or more meibomiam glands contained within the underlying region of skin.

The invention relates to a flat wound care article having an essentially polygonal or ellipsoid base surface and at least one recess arranged on one side.

There is provided a cosmetic eyelid shaping tape for performing pseudo plastic surgery on an eyelid at inner-canthus and outer-canthus end portions of the eyelid by forming a constricted portion in the eyelid using resilient elasticity after extension of a base piece. The double-eyelid-forming tape includes a tape-shaped member formed by laminating adhesive layers on both surfaces of a base piece, and a pair of release sheet pieces bonded to the adhesive layers. The release sheet pieces each have groove-shaped tearable portions that are easily tearable when being pulled in a longitudinal direction. The tearable portions each have a groove width gradually expanding from a groove bottom toward the outer surface of the corresponding release sheet piece. The tearable portions include first tearable portions formed at sides of the center of the tape, and a second tearable portion at the center and deeper than the first tearable portion.

There is provided a cosmetic eyelid-shaping tape used for performing pseudo shaping on an eyelid by forming a constricted portion on the eyelid by using elastic contractility when a tape-shaped member is stretched with improved adhesiveness of the tape-shaped member to skin on an inner corner of the eyelid and/or on an outer corner of the eyelid. The cosmetic eyelid-shaping tape 1 includes a tape-shaped member including a base material piece capable of being stretched in a longitudinal direction, the base material being formed of a long and narrow synthetic resin that has elastic contractility when stretched, and an adhesive layer coated on both surfaces of the base material piece, and that forms a fold in an upper eyelid by using elastic contractility of the base material piece. An entire adhesive area A in the tape-shaped member decreases in width from a first end side towards a second end side.

Dry eye treatment apparatus and methods are described herein which generally comprise a patch or strip affixed to the skin of the upper and/or lower eyelids to deliver heat or other forms of energy, pressure, drugs, moisture, etc. (alone or in combination) to the one or more meibomian glands contained within the underlying skin. The treatment strip or strips include one or more strips configured to adhere to an underlying region of skin in proximity to one or both eyes of a subject such that the one or more strips allow for the subject to blink naturally without restriction from the one or more patches. Moreover, the one or more strips may be configured to emit energy to the underlying region of skin and where the one or more strips are shaped to follow a location of one or more meibomiam glands contained within the underlying region of skin.

Dry eye treatment apparatus and methods which include one or more patches or strips affixed to the skin of the upper and/or lower eyelids to deliver heat or other forms of energy, pressure, drugs, moisture, etc. (alone or in combination) to the one or more meibomian glands contained within the underlying skin. The one or more patches or strips may allow for the subject to blink naturally without restriction from the one or more patches or strips. The one or more patches or strips may be shaped to follow a location of one or more meibomiam glands contained within the underlying region of skin.

Dry eye treatment apparatus and methods are described herein which generally comprise a patch or strip affixed to the skin of the upper and/or lower eyelids to deliver heat or other forms of energy, pressure, drugs, moisture, etc. (alone or in combination) to the one or more meibomian glands contained within the underlying skin. The treatment strip or strips include one or more strips configured to adhere to an underlying region of skin in proximity to one or both eyes of a subject such that the one or more strips allow for the subject to blink naturally without restriction from the one or more patches. Moreover, the one or more strips may be configured to emit energy to the underlying region of skin and where the one or more strips are shaped to follow a location of one or more meibomiam glands contained within the underlying region of skin.