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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yoseph Yaacobi, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Assignee:
Alcon, Inc., Hunenberg, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/14 ; A61F 2/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/14 ; A61F 2/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a drug delivery device for a human eye. The human eye has a sclera, an inferior oblique muscle, and a macula. The device of the present invention includes a pharmaceutically active agent, and a geometry that facilitates the implantation of the device on an outer surface of the sclera, beneath the inferior oblique muscle, and with the pharmaceutically active agent disposed above the macula. Methods of delivery a pharmaceutically active agent to the posterior segment of the human eye are also disclosed.