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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2022
Spiral Therapeutics, Inc., South San Francisco, CA (US);
Kevin W. Sacherman, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Signe Erickson, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Hugo Peris, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Eugene de Juan, Jr., South San Francisco, CA (US);
Spiral Therapeutics Inc., South San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
An implantable device for delivering a therapeutic agent to treat an ear of a patient includes a body having a distal end region and a proximal end region. The body defines, at least in part, a reservoir configured to contain the therapeutic agent. The device includes a shaft attached to the distal end region of the body and a lumen extending through the shaft having at least one inlet at a proximal end region in fluid communication with the reservoir and at least one outlet at a distal end region. Upon implantation of the body in a region of the ear, a length of the shaft is sufficient to extend from the body to at least the round window membrane of the ear. The device is configured to deliver the therapeutic agent to the ear from the reservoir via passive diffusion. Related devices and methods are described.