DRY EYE TREATMENT DEVICES AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20210220172A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-22

    申请号:US17223890

    申请日:2021-04-06

    Applicant: MicroOptx Inc.

    Inventor: J. David Brown

    Abstract: Devices can be implanted in an eye to treat a dry eye condition. The devices include a body defining a lumen and having first and second ends and external and lumenal surfaces. The body has a length sufficient to provide fluid communication between the anterior chamber and tear film of the eye through the lumen when the device is implanted in the sclera. In some embodiments, the device is filterless. In some embodiments, a filter is included. The dry eye treatment devices provided herein prevent bacterial ingress, provide outflow resistance to retain a normal intraocular pressure, and provide moisture (e.g., aqueous humor) to an otherwise dry eye. Methods of treating a dry eye condition wherein the device is implanted in the sclera of an afflicted eye are also described.

    Eye treatment devices and methods
    13.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10980667B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-20

    申请号:US15764634

    申请日:2016-09-30

    Applicant: MicroOptx Inc.

    Inventor: J. David Brown

    Abstract: Devices can be implanted in an eye to treat a dry eye condition. The devices include a body defining a lumen and having first and second ends and external and lumenal surfaces. The body has a length sufficient to provide fluid communication between the anterior chamber and tear film of the eye through the lumen when the device is implanted in the sclera. In some embodiments, the device is filterless. In some embodiments, a filter is included. The dry eye treatment devices provided herein prevent bacterial ingress, provide outflow resistance to retain a normal intraocular pressure, and provide moisture (e.g., aqueous humor) to an otherwise dry eye. Methods of treating a dry eye condition wherein the device is implanted in the sclera of an afflicted eye are also described.

    GLAUCOMA TREATMENT DEVICES AND METHODS
    14.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200315846A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-08

    申请号:US16910867

    申请日:2020-06-24

    Applicant: MicroOptx Inc.

    Inventor: J. David Brown

    Abstract: Devices can be implanted in an eye to treat glaucoma. The devices described herein include a body defining a lumen and having first and second ends and external and lumenal surfaces. The body has a length sufficient to provide fluid communication between the anterior chamber and tear film of the eye through the lumen when the device is implanted in the sclera. By the strategic selection of particular materials of construction, and/or by controlling the configuration and size of the lumen, in some embodiments, the device is a filterless construct. In some embodiments, a filter is included. The glaucoma treatment devices as provided herein are designed to prevent bacterial ingress and to provide the required level of outflow resistance to achieve a desired intraocular pressure. Methods of treating glaucoma wherein the device is implanted in the sclera of an afflicted eye are also described.

    POLYMERIC DEVICES AND METHODS OF MAKING

    公开(公告)号:US20210079178A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-18

    申请号:US17105111

    申请日:2020-11-25

    Applicant: MicroOptx Inc.

    Abstract: Some polymeric devices, as described herein, can be made of a first layer and a second layer bonded together with one or more microfluidic channels defined internal to the device. The first layer and the second layer may each include a substrate and a polymer bonded to the substrate. The two layers may be bonded through a polymer network that interpenetrates the polymers in the first and second layers. This disclosure also describes methods of bonding together polymeric articles. The methods include diffusing polymerizable monomers and radical forming initiators into the surfaces of one or both of the polymers, putting the surfaces into contact, and initiating polymerization to create a polymer network that interpenetrates the polymers.

    IMPLANTABLE OCULAR GLUCOSE SENSOR DEVICES AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20190175083A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-13

    申请号:US16209010

    申请日:2018-12-04

    Applicant: MicroOptx Inc.

    Abstract: Monitoring glucose concentration in aqueous humor can include inserting an implantable device into an eye and determining glucose concentration as a function of glucose sensed at the implantable device. In some implantable device embodiments, the device includes a polymer layer comprising a material that changes volume in response to varying glucose concentrations of the aqueous humor. A pressure sensor in the device can detect the changes in volume. In some implantable device embodiments, the device includes electrodes for determining the glucose concentration.

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