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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2009
Filed:
May. 02, 2002
Anthony P. Adamis, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
Joan W. Miller, Winchester, MA (US);
Evangelos S. Gragoudas, Lexington, MA (US);
Mark J. Mescher, West Newton, MA (US);
Christopher E. Dubé, Lexington, MA (US);
Jeffrey T. Borenstein, Hilliston, MA (US);
Marcie G. Weinstein, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Raanan A. Miller, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Mitchell L. Hansberry, Southborough, MA (US);
Anthony P. Adamis, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
Joan W. Miller, Winchester, MA (US);
Evangelos S. Gragoudas, Lexington, MA (US);
Mark J. Mescher, West Newton, MA (US);
Christopher E. Dubé, Lexington, MA (US);
Jeffrey T. Borenstein, Hilliston, MA (US);
Marcie G. Weinstein, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Raanan A. Miller, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Mitchell L. Hansberry, Southborough, MA (US);
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA (US);
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a miniaturized, implantable drug delivery device and a method of delivering over a prolonged period of time one or more drugs using such a device. The drug delivery device can be adapted for attachment to the outer surface of an eye. Once attached to the outer surface of an eye, the device can deliver one or more drugs directly into the eye for preventing or ameliorating the symptoms of a particular ocular disorder.