Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ocular insert apparatus and methods
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Application No.: US14600505Application Date: 2015-01-20
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Publication No.: US09937073B2Publication Date: 2018-04-10
- Inventor: Eugene de Juan, Jr. , Yair Alster , Cary J. Reich , K. Angela Macfarlane , Janelle Chang , Stephen Boyd , David Sierra , Jose D. Alejandro , Douglas Sutton , Alexander J. Gould
- Applicant: ForSight Vision5, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Assignee: ForSight Vision5, Inc.
- Current Assignee: ForSight Vision5, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Agency: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
- Main IPC: A61F9/00
- IPC: A61F9/00 ; A61K9/00 ; A61B17/00 ; A61L27/02 ; A61L27/16 ; A61K47/34

Abstract:
A comfortable insert comprises a retention structure sized for placement under the eyelids and along at least a portion of conjunctival sac of the upper and lower lids of the eye. The retention structure resists deflection when placed in the conjunctival sac of the eye and to guide the insert along the sac when the eye moves. The retention structure can be configured in many ways to provide the resistance to deflection and may comprise a hoop strength so as to urge the retention structure outward and inhibit movement of the retention structure toward the cornea. The insert may move rotationally with deflection along the conjunctival sac, and may comprise a retention structure having a cross sectional dimension sized to fit within folds of the conjunctiva. The insert may comprise a release mechanism and therapeutic agent to release therapeutic amounts of the therapeutic agent for an extended time.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150133878A1 Ocular Insert Apparatus and Methods Public/Granted day:2015-05-14
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