Devices for intraocular drug delivery

US6719750B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · US

Inventors

• Signe Varner · Los Angeles, US
• Eugene deJuan · Fremont, US
• Terry Harrison Shelley · Hampstead, US
• Aaron Christopher Barnes · Oak Park, US
• Mark Humayun · Glendale, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 22, 2001
• Grant date: Apr 13, 2004
• Expiry date: Jun 22, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2017/00867
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An therapeutic agent delivery device that can allows is particularly suitable for delivery of a therapeutic agent to limited access regions, such as the posterior chamber of the eye and inner ear. Preferred devices of the invention are minimally invasive, refillable and may be easily fixed to the treatment area. Preferred delivery devices of the invention also include those that comprise a non-linear shaped body member body housing one or more substances and a delivery mechanism for the sustained delivery of the one or more substances from the non-linear shaped body member to the patient.