Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Contact lens with metered liquid system
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Application No.: US17013759Application Date: 2020-09-07
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Publication No.: US12025858B2Publication Date: 2024-07-02
- Inventor: Yu-Chong Tai , Nicholas E. Scianmarello , Charles M. T. DeBoer , Mark S. Humayun
- Applicant: California Institute of Technology , University of Southern California
- Applicant Address: US CA Pasadena
- Assignee: California Institute of Technology,University of Southern California
- Current Assignee: California Institute of Technology,University of Southern California
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Pasadena
- Agent Mark P. Mathison
- Main IPC: G02C7/04
- IPC: G02C7/04 ; G02C7/08 ; A61K9/00

Abstract:
A contact lens fluid delivery device having a liquid reservoir connected to a channel with a flow regulator is described. Other eye hydration and variable dioptric power contact lenses are described herein. Also described are implantable liquid delivery apparatuses having a liquid storage reservoir connected to a channel with a flow regulator. These devices and apparatuses are useful for specific, targeted delivery of therapeutic liquids within a subject. In some embodiments, the devices incorporate actuation chambers which provide a driving force releasing the fluid into the targeted area e.g., the eye. The actuation chambers described herein can contain phase change materials or osmotic chambers or a combination thereof to drive the release of fluid.
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