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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2007
Anthony L. Tuitupou, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
John W. Higuchi, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Anthony L. Tuitupou, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
John W. Higuchi, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Aciont, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
The present invention includes methods and devices for non-invasively delivering an active agent to the eye of a subject. In one aspect, for example, a device for delivering an active agent to an eye of a subject may include an ocular lens-shaped housing configured to contact a surface of the eye, and a reservoir coupled to the housing and configured to deliver an active agent to the eye, wherein the reservoir is located entirely within a 180 degree section of the housing. In another aspect, the reservoir is located entirely within a 150 degree section of the housing.