ELECTRODE SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF Ophthalmic Diseases, Especially Dry Eye

摘要

The present invention proposes an electrode system (2; 100) for treating dry eye comprising one or more electrodes, wherein (a) contact with the eye, orbit, temporal area, eyelid area or parts thereof A portion of the one or more electrodes intended to be brought into abutment, respectively, mimic the shape of the ocular surface, the orbit, the temporal region, the eyelid area or portions thereof, or (b) the eye, the orbit A portion of the one or more electrodes intended to contact and abut against the temporal area, the eyelid area or parts of these are flexible and conformable, whereby (a) and (a) In the case of b), it is possible to achieve a form-matched mounting of a part of the one or more electrodes and the surface shape of the eye, eye socket, temporal area, eyelid area or parts of these. A portion of the one or more electrodes is supplied with an electromagnetic wave of distorted sinusoidal current with a resonant frequency, preferably a resonant frequency having at least second and third harmonics, preferably 4 MHz, with associated harmonics. Or can be supplied. The invention also relates to corresponding electrical stimulation devices, methods for treating dry eye, and electrode systems and the use of electrical stimulation devices to treat other eye diseases. [Selected figure] Figure 23