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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2003
Hosheng Tu, Newport Coast, CA (US);
Barbara Niksch, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
David Haffner, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Gregory Smedley, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Olav B. Bergheim, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Morteza (Mory) Gharib, San Marino, CA (US);
Hosheng Tu, Newport Coast, CA (US);
Barbara Niksch, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
David Haffner, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Gregory Smedley, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Olav B. Bergheim, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Morteza (Mory) Gharib, San Marino, CA (US);
Glaukos Corporation, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Abstract
Devices and methods are provided for the treatment of ocular disorders. An ocular implant has a body comprising material that includes a therapeutic drug. The body has an inlet portion and an outlet portion. The inlet portion is configured to reside in an anterior chamber of an eye when the outlet portion is disposed in a physiological outflow pathway of the eye. The outlet portion has an outflow opening such that the body drains fluid from the anterior chamber to the physiological outflow pathway. One method of treating an ocular disorder involves introducing an implant comprising a therapeutic drug into the eye such that the implant drains aqueous humor into a physiological outflow pathway and the therapeutic drug reaches eye tissue.