Contact lenses including medicaments and methods of making and using same including stabilizers of labile components such as drugs
US12178904B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 15, 2024 |
| Grant date | Dec 31, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 15, 2044 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02C2202/24
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention recognizes that medical devices, such as but not limited to contact lenses, can be made having at least one coating made at least in part using printing technologies to provide drug storage and drug release structures, notably for hydrophobic drugs and that such hydrophobic drugs can be stabilized as to hydrolysis, heat, and a combination thereof. A first aspect of the present invention includes a packaged medical device that includes at least one drug delivery contact lens. A second aspect of the present invention includes a drug delivery contact lens. A third aspect of the present invention includes a method of making a drug delivery contact lens. A fourth aspect of the present invention includes an ink. A fifth aspect of the present invention includes a method of using a drug delivery contact lens to treat or prevent a disease, disorder, or condition of the eye.
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