Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Porous structures for extended release drug delivery devices
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Application No.: US15777593Application Date: 2016-11-18
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Publication No.: US11432959B2Publication Date: 2022-09-06
- Inventor: Randolph E. Campbell , Kevin W. Sacherman , Kathleen Cogan Farinas , Signe Erickson , Jeremy Boyette
- Applicant: ForSight Vision4, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Assignee: ForSight Vision4, Inc.
- Current Assignee: ForSight Vision4, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Agency: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
- International Application: PCT/US2016/062944 WO 20161118
- International Announcement: WO2017/087902 WO 20170526
- Main IPC: A61F9/00
- IPC: A61F9/00 ; A61M5/142

Abstract:
A therapeutic device for extended release drug delivery including a refillable reservoir configured to receive a therapeutic agent and having an outlet for delivery of the therapeutic agent to a patient from the reservoir over an extended period. A porous structure is coupled near the outlet of the reservoir, the porous structure formed of sintered material. A barrier layer is coupled to the reservoir on or adjacent a surface of the porous structure such that the therapeutic agent passes through both the porous structure and the barrier layer upon delivery from the reservoir through the outlet. The porous structure is tuned to deliver the therapeutic agent at a diffusion rate and the barrier layer is adapted to block passage of particles having an average particle size within an average particle size range that is outside an average particle size range blocked by the porous structure. Related methods and systems are provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210205130A1 POROUS STRUCTURES FOR EXTENDED RELEASE DRUG DELIVERY DEVICES Public/Granted day:2021-07-08
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