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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2015
Orbit Biomedical Limited, London, GB;
Daniel W. Price, Loveland, OH (US);
Brendan J. Oberkircher, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Saeed Sokhanvar, Belmont, MA (US);
Daniel J. Yasevac, Somerville, MA (US);
Michel Bruehwiler, Newton, MA (US);
Leah R. Soffer, Somerville, MA (US);
Gregory W. Johnson, Milford, OH (US);
William D. Dannaher, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Stefan Troller, Sissach, CH;
Urban Schnell, Münchenbuchsee, CH;
Jean Christophe Roulet, Lignières, CH;
Alain Saurer, Bôle, CH;
Michael F. Keane, Downingtown, PA (US);
ORBIT BIOMEDICAL LIMITED, London, GB;
Abstract
An apparatus for delivering therapeutic agent to an eye comprises a body, a cannula, a hollow needle, an actuation assembly, and a detection/visualization system. The cannula extends distally from the body and is sized and configured to be insertable between a choroid and a sclera of a patient's eye. The actuation assembly is operable to actuate the needle relative to the cannula to thereby drive a distal portion of the needle along an exit axis. The cannula may be inserted through a sclerotomy incision and advanced through the choroid to deliver the therapeutic agent adjacent to the potential space between the neurosensory retina and the retinal pigment epithelium layer. The detection/visualization system is operable to detect or visualize penetration of the choroid of a patient's eye and provide feedback to the operator and/or automatic control of the apparatus based on penetration of the choroid.