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MeiboPatch ® comes in the form of a single reusable unit. MeiboPatch ® is made from cotton and grape seeds. It does not contain any perfumes or essential oils. 1 If the wattage of your microwave oven does not have a 800 Watts power, choose the setting nearest to 800 Watts and start by heating the mask for 40 seconds. We searched for randomized clinical trials (RCTs) in Embase, MEDLINE, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), PubMed, Web of Science, and ClinicalTrials.gov up to 4 January 2021. The subjective symptoms, objective tests of dry eye, meibomian gland function, and the incidence of adverse events were evaluated. Results Argilés M, Cardona G, Pérez-Cabré E, Rodríguez M (2015) Blink rate and incomplete blinks in six different controlled hard-copy and electronic reading conditions. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 56:6679–6685. https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.15-16967
He JZ, Zhong M (2018) Comparative study between the meibomian pulsation system and the warm compress treatment for MGD. [Chinese]. International Eye Science 18:1324–1328Geerling G, Tauber J, Baudouin C, Goto E, Matsumoto Y, O’Brien T, Rolando M, Tsubota K, Nichols KK (2011) The international workshop on meibomian gland dysfunction: report of the subcommittee on management and treatment of meibomian gland dysfunction. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 52:2050–2064. https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.10-6997g Gupta PK, Stevens MN, Kashyap N, Priestley Y (2018) Prevalence of meibomian gland atrophy in a pediatric population. Cornea 37:426–430. https://doi.org/10.1097/ico.0000000000001476
Remove the mask from its box and place it on a clean plate suitable for microwave use. Stay near the microwave oven while the mask is being heated. Make sure that the microwave tray rotates correctly during heating.
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Korb DR, Greiner JV, Herman J (2001) Comparison of fluorescein break-up time measurement reproducibility using standard fluorescein strips versus the Dry Eye Test (DET) method. Cornea 20:811–815. https://doi.org/10.1097/00003226-200111000-00007 Bron AJ, de Paiva CS, Chauhan SK, Bonini S, Gabison EE, Jain S, Knop E, Markoulli M, Ogawa Y, Perez V, Uchino Y, Yokoi N, Zoukhri D, Sullivan DA (2017) TFOS DEWS II pathophysiology report. Ocul Surf 15:438–510. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtos.2017.05.011 Amano S, Inoue K (2017) Clinic-based study on meibomian gland dysfunction in Japan. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 58:1283–1287. https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.16-21374
MeiboPatch ®includes a unique temperature test strip which shows when it is ready for use. 1 This ensures it gets to the right temperature to effectively treat MGD but not too hot that it would burn, ensuring patient safety. Viso E, Rodríguez-Ares MT, Abelenda D, Oubiña B, Gude F (2012) Prevalence of asymptomatic and symptomatic meibomian gland dysfunction in the general population of Spain. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 53:2601–2606. https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.11-9228 Li B, Fu H, Liu T, Xu M (2020) Comparison of the therapeutic effect of meibomian thermal pulsation LipiFlow ® on obstructive and hyposecretory meibomian gland dysfunction patients. Int Ophthalmol 40:3469–3479. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10792-020-01533-y Stapleton F, Alves M, Bunya VY, Jalbert I, Lekhanont K, Malet F, Na KS, Schaumberg D, Uchino M, Vehof J, Viso E, Vitale S, Jones L (2017) TFOS DEWS II epidemiology report. Ocul Surf 15:334–365. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtos.2017.05.003The heated Meibopatch is applied to the upper face so that the bridge of the nose and both the upper and lower eyelids are covered and will gently release warmth; stimulating the normal sebaceous oily secretions from the meibomian glands and offering instant comfort. NCT01808560 (2013) Treatment of meibomian gland dysfunction prior to cataract surgery. Available online: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01808560. Accessed 20 Jan 2021 MeiboPatch ® is a reusable ocular eye compress which can be heated using a microwave and applied to the eyelids. 1 The gentle heat can be used to treat Meibomian Gland Dysfunction (MGD), blepharitis, chalazion, crusting, cysts, eyelid inflammation and dry eye syndrome. 1