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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2012
Eugene DE Juan, Jr., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Yair Alster, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Kathleen Cogan Farinas, Menlo Park, CA (US);
K. Angela Macfarlane, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Cary J. Reich, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Randolph E. Campbell, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Signe Erickson, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Eugene De Juan, Jr., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Yair Alster, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Kathleen Cogan Farinas, Menlo Park, CA (US);
K. Angela MacFarlane, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Cary J. Reich, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Randolph E. Campbell, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Signe Erickson, Menlo Park, CA (US);
ForSight Vision4, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
A therapeutic device that can release a therapeutic agent comprising a porous structure coupled to a container comprising a reservoir. The reservoir can comprise a volume sized to release therapeutic amounts of the therapeutic agent for an extended time when coupled to the porous structure and implanted in a patient. The porous structure may comprise a first side coupled to the reservoir and a second side to couple to the patient to release the therapeutic agent. The length of the channels extending from the first side to the second side may comprise an effective length greater than a distance across the porous structure from the first side to the second side. The therapeutic device may comprise a penetrable barrier to inject therapeutic agent into the device when implanted in the patient.