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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2003
Sign Erickson Varner, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Eugene Dejuan, Jr., La Canada, CA (US);
Terry Shelley, Hampstead, MD (US);
Aaron Christopher Barnes, Oak Park, CA (US);
Mark Humayun, La Canada, CA (US);
Sign Erickson Varner, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Eugene Dejuan, Jr., La Canada, CA (US);
Terry Shelley, Hampstead, MD (US);
Aaron Christopher Barnes, Oak Park, CA (US);
Mark Humayun, La Canada, CA (US);
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
A therapeutic agent delivery device that is particularly suitable for delivery of a therapeutic agent to limited access regions, such as the posterior chamber of the eye and inner ear. Preferred devices of the invention are minimally invasive, refillable and may be easily fixed to the treatment area. Preferred delivery devices of the invention also include those that comprise a non-linear shaped body member housing one or more substances and a delivery mechanism for the sustained delivery of the one or more substances from the non-linear shaped body member to the patient.