Patents Assigned to NatureZone Inc.
  • Patent number: 11446017
    Abstract: An eyelid eversion tool and a pair of disposable grippers for use with an eyelid eversion tool is described. The eyelid eversion tool includes a first arm and a second arm extending from a common joint end, the arms each, respectively, having a distal end opposite the common joint end; a first gripper fitted to the distal end of the first arm, the first gripper having a contact surface on an inward facing side thereof; and a second gripper fitted to the distal end of the second arm, the second gripper having a contact surface on an inward facing side thereof, where the contact surfaces face each other and are spaced apart, and the contact surfaces come into contact when the arms are compressed together, and where at least one of the grippers has an extender tab protruding from an outward facing side opposite its contact surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: NatureZone Inc.
    Inventors: Helen Mary Ann Klassen, Zachary Ralph Vanderwel
  • Publication number: 20210330313
    Abstract: An eyelid eversion tool and a pair of disposable grippers for use with an eyelid eversion tool is described. The eyelid eversion tool includes a first arm and a second arm extending from a common joint end, the arms each, respectively, having a distal end opposite the common joint end; a first gripper fitted to the distal end of the first arm, the first gripper having a contact surface on an inward facing side thereof; and a second gripper fitted to the distal end of the second arm, the second gripper having a contact surface on an inward facing side thereof, where the contact surfaces face each other and are spaced apart, and the contact surfaces come into contact when the arms are compressed together, and where at least one of the grippers has an extender tab protruding from an outward facing side opposite its contact surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: NatureZone Inc.
    Inventors: Helen Mary Ann KLASSEN, Zachary Ralph VANDERWEL