Abbott Medical Optics Inc.

University of Colorado

Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.

Rti Biologics, Inc.

Daniel Urbaniak

Malik Y Kahook

Michael D Lowery

Naresh Mandava

Robin Shandas

Bryan Rech

Brooke C Basinger

John Joseph Stankus

John R Bianchi

James Su

Wesley I Lewis

Joe Kutsavage

Charles Hayes Powell

Ben R Sanders

Angela Carr

Raymond E Olsen

A shape memory polymer (SMP) intraocular lens may have a refractive index above 1.45, a Tg between 10&#xb0; C. and 60&#xb0; C., inclusive, de minimis or an absence of glistening, and substantially 100% transmissivity of light in the visible spectrum. The intraocular lens is then rolled at a temperature above Tg of the SMP material. The intraocular device is radially compressed within a die to a diameter of less than or equal to 1.8 mm while maintaining the temperature above Tg. The compressed intraocular lens device may be inserted through an incision less than 2 mm wide in a cornea or sclera or other anatomical structure. The lens can be inserted into the capsular bag, the ciliary sulcus, or other cavity through the incision. The SMP can substantially achieve refractive index values of greater than or equal to 1.45.

Shape memory polymer intraocular lenses

The present invention relates to an apparatus, system and method for, and for providing, intraocular delivery of an active agent. The apparatus, system and method may include an implantable scaffold and an active agent associated with the implantable scaffold. The implantable scaffold and the active agent may be configured to be completely contained within the eye upon implantation. The implantable scaffold may be a mechanical scaffold, or the implantable scaffold may be a chemical scaffold.

Implantable intraocular drug delivery apparatus, system and method

A portal through the sclera for delivery of an effective amount of therapeutic agent to the back of the eye.

Trans-sclera portal for delivery of therapeutic agents

A container for disinfecting and storing a contact lens comprising a container having a nonporous but oxygen-permeable, water-impermeable liner that forms a continuous barrier layer to allow oxygen to escape but prevent water from escaping when the container becomes pressurized, such as when an oxidative disinfectant is neutralized catalytically to generate free oxygen (O). A rigid shell against which the liner is disposed is porous to oxygen and includes a main body and a cap removably attachable to an upper rim of the main body. The container also may have a lens holder for supporting a contact lens. The liner may be on the inside of the shell, or vice versa. The liner may be on the inside of the cap which has openings through which the liner expands when the container becomes pressurized as an indicator that the disinfecting process is underway. The liner may be constructed of a nonporous silicone and the shell of polyethylene or other rigid plastic that can be constructed as a highly gas-porous enclosure.

Leak-proof contact lens container

The present invention has multiple aspects relating to assembled self fixing bone-tendon-bone (BTB) grafts and BTB implants. A preferred application in which self fixing assembled bone-tendon-bone (BTB) grafts and implants of the present technology can be used is for ACL repairs in a human patient. In one embodiment, a self fixing BTB graft is characterized by the presence of threads along at least a portion of the exterior surface of one or both bone blocks. In another embodiment, a self fixing assembled bone-tendon-bone implant comprises a removable tendon tensioner which imparts a predetermined tension on the tendon of the BTB graft.

Self fixing assembled bone-tendon-bone graft

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Aliso Viejo, CA, United States of America

Daniel Urbaniak