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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2019
Applicant:
Alcon Inc., Fribourg, CH;
Inventors:
Wendy Blanda, Irvine, CA (US);
Rhett Schiffman, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Alcon Inc., Fribourg, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/00 (2006.01); A61F 9/007 (2006.01); A61L 27/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/0017 (2013.01); A61F 9/00781 (2013.01); A61L 27/34 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0002 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0067 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0096 (2013.01); A61L 2430/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ocular implant including a drug releasing element and having an inlet portion and a Schlemm's canal portion distal to the inlet portion, the inlet portion being disposed at a proximal end of the implant and sized and configured to be placed within an anterior chamber of a human eye, the Schlemm's canal portion being arranged and configured to be disposed within Schlemm's canal of the eye when the inlet portion is disposed in the anterior chamber.