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Bioerodible ocular device

Patent 3960150 Issued on June 1, 1976. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject June 1, 1993. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Application

No. 613384 filed on 09/15/1975

US Classes:

424/428, Bioerrodable, resorbable, or dissolving604/294Means for treating eye or surface of ocular cavity

Examiners

Primary: Medbery, Aldrich F.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Abstract

An ocular insert for the continuous controlled administration of a predetermined therapeutically effective dosage of drug to the eye over a prolonged period of time. The device meters the flow of drug by means of a drug release rate controlling material. The insert bioerodes in the environment of the eye concurrently with the dispensing or at a point in time after the dispensing of the therapeutically desired amount of drug.

Other References

  • "Polyvinyl Alcohol Films in the Therapy of Eye Infections;" Yu F. Maichuk, Antibiotiki 12, No. 5, pp. 432-435 (1967)
  • "Use of Pilocarpine Impregnated Alcohol Films in the Treatment of Glnacomatous Patients;" Iakovlev and Lenkevitch, Vestn. Oftal. 79, pp. 40-42 (Nov.-Dec. 1966)
  • "Gelatin as an Absorbable Implant in Scleral Buckling Procedures," Arch Opthal, vol. 79, pp. 286-290; (1968)
  • "Possibilities of Application of Eye Drugs With the Aid of Gel Contact Lenses," Cs. Oftalmologie, vol. 21, No. 6, pp. 509-512 (1965)
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