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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2010
Eugene Dejuan, LaCanada, CA (US);
Signe E. Varner, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Laurie R. Lawin, New Brighton, MN (US);
Eugene deJuan, LaCanada, CA (US);
Signe E. Varner, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Laurie R. Lawin, New Brighton, MN (US);
Surmodics, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
Featured is a method for instilling one or more bioactive agents into ocular tissue within an eye of a patient for the treatment of an ocular condition, the method comprising concurrently using at least two of the following bioactive agent delivery methods (A)-(C): (A) implanting a sustained release delivery device comprising one or more bioactive agents in a posterior region of the eye so that it delivers the one or more bioactive agents into the vitreous humor of the eye; (B) instilling (e.g., injecting or implanting) one or more bioactive agents subretinally; and (C) instilling (e.g., injecting or delivering by ocular iontophoresis) one or more bioactive agents into the vitreous humor of the eye.