Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Thermoresponsive hydrogel containing polymer microparticles for noninvasive ocular drug delivery
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Application No.: US14772758Application Date: 2014-03-04
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Publication No.: US11246838B2Publication Date: 2022-02-15
- Inventor: Morgan Virginia Fedorchak , Steven R. Little , Joel Steven Schuman , Anthony Cugini
- Applicant: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
- Applicant Address: US PA Pittsburgh
- Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
- Current Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Pittsburgh
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- International Application: PCT/US2014/020355 WO 20140304
- International Announcement: WO2014/138085 WO 20140912
- Main IPC: A61K9/00
- IPC: A61K9/00 ; A61K9/50 ; A61K31/498 ; A61K9/06 ; A61K9/10 ; A61K47/34

Abstract:
A method for sustained delivery of an agent to an ocular organ in a subject, comprising topically delivering to the ocular surface a liquid thermoresponsive hydrogel comprising agent-loaded polymer microparticles, wherein the agent is sustainably released for a period of at least five days.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150374633A1 THERMORESPONSIVE HYDROGEL CONTAINING POLYMER MICROPARTICLES FOR NONINVASIVE OCULAR DRUG DELIVERY Public/Granted day:2015-12-31
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