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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hong Guo, Belmont, MA (US);
Paul Ashton, Boston, MA (US);
Assignee:
Control Delivery Systems, Watertown, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/00 ; A61K 9/24 ; A61M 3/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/00 ; A61K 9/24 ; A61M 3/500 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for administering a corticosteroid to a posterior segment of an eye. In the method, a sustained release device is implanted to deliver the corticosteroid to the eye. The aqueous corticosteroid concentration remains less than vitreous corticosteroid concentration during release of the corticosteroid from the device.