Open-eye warm compress helps with efficacy, compliance

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Ken DauSchmidt, founder and CEO of Tear Restore, Inc., shares information about TearResore Mask, the first open-eye warm compress treatment.

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Ken DauSchmidt: Hello, my name is Ken DauSchmidt. I am the co-founder and CEO of TearRestore. We are here at Vision Expo West talking to thought leaders about everything new dry eye. We have got the first open open-eye warm compress available on the market today. It improves the efficacy of the treatment because the patient's blinking and naturally expressing the meibomian glands throughout. It also improves the compliance of the treatment because they can maintain their activity while they are doing their daily treatment. We have got a clinical study underway and we hope to share those results with you soon.

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