US 11,730,961 B2
Optical pressure treatment through electrical stimulation
Pedro Irazoqui, Lafayette, IN (US); Simon John, Bar Harbor, ME (US); Alex Kokini, Lafayette, IN (US); Adam Willats, Columbus, IN (US); Alexander Chelminski, Jupiter, FL (US); Matt Matuscak, Pittsburgh, PA (US); and Gabriel Simon, Miami Beach, FL (US)
Assigned to Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US); and The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME (US)
Filed by Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US); and The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME (US)
Filed on Dec. 16, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/124,161.
Application 17/124,161 is a continuation of application No. 16/101,040, filed on Aug. 10, 2018, granted, now 10,870,004.
Application 16/101,040 is a continuation of application No. 14/565,129, filed on Dec. 9, 2014, granted, now 10,493,274, issued on Dec. 3, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/913,883, filed on Dec. 9, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2021/0346698 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61B 3/16 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/36046 (2013.01) [A61B 3/16 (2013.01); A61N 1/3606 (2013.01); A61N 1/0556 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a contact lens configured to be positioned on an exterior surface of a mammalian eye and comprising at least one electrode configured to be positioned adjacent to a ciliary body of the mammalian eye when the contact lens is positioned on the exterior surface of the mammalian eye; and
a sensor disposed inside the contact lens; and
a stimulation signal source coupled to the contact lens and configured to provide a pulsed electrical signal to the electrode when positioned adjacent to the mammalian eye, wherein the pulsed electrical signal causes a reduction in an intraocular pressure within an anterior chamber of the mammalian eye;
wherein the sensor is coupled to the stimulation signal source and the stimulation signal source provides the pulsed electrical signal to the at least one electrode in response to a signal received from the sensor.