Abstract: A method of treating eyelid laxity in a subject comprising exposing a tarsal plate of an eye, and applying to at least part of the exposed tarsal plate a photosensitizer that initiates crosslinking in response to photo-activating radiation; and irradiating the exposed tarsal plate with photo-activating radiation to initiate crosslinking in the tarsal plate tissue.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 14, 2020
Date of Patent:
August 23, 2022
Assignee:
Queensland Eye Institute Foundation
Inventors:
Tai Mountford Smith, Brendan Gerard Cronin, Shuko Suzuki, Traian Vasile Chirila