Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ocular implant with therapeutic agents and methods thereof
- Patent Title (中): 具有治疗剂的眼植入物及其方法
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Application No.: US10706300Application Date: 2003-11-12
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Publication No.: US07708711B2Publication Date: 2010-05-04
- Inventor: Hosheng Tu , Barbara Niksch , David Haffner , Gregory Smedley , Olav B. Bergheim , Morteza (Mory) Gharib
- Applicant: Hosheng Tu , Barbara Niksch , David Haffner , Gregory Smedley , Olav B. Bergheim , Morteza (Mory) Gharib
- Applicant Address: US CA Laguna Hills
- Assignee: Glaukos Corporation
- Current Assignee: Glaukos Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Laguna Hills
- Agency: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
- Main IPC: A61M19/00
- IPC: A61M19/00

Abstract:
Devices and methods are provided for the treatment of ocular disorders. An ocular implant has a body comprising material that includes a therapeutic drug. The body has an inlet portion and an outlet portion. The inlet portion is configured to reside in an anterior chamber of an eye when the outlet portion is disposed in a physiological outflow pathway of the eye. The outlet portion has an outflow opening such that the body drains fluid from the anterior chamber to the physiological outflow pathway. One method of treating an ocular disorder involves introducing an implant comprising a therapeutic drug into the eye such that the implant drains aqueous humor into a physiological outflow pathway and the therapeutic drug reaches eye tissue.
Public/Granted literature
- US20040127843A1 Glaucoma implant with therapeutic agents Public/Granted day:2004-07-01
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