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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2014
Applicant:
Boston Foundation for Sight, Needham, MA (US);
Inventor:
Perry Rosenthal, Newton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Boston Foundation for Sight, Needham, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 47/30 (2006.01); A61K 31/136 (2006.01); A61K 9/08 (2006.01); A61K 9/10 (2006.01); A61K 9/107 (2006.01); A61K 31/165 (2006.01); A61K 31/135 (2006.01); A61K 31/4164 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 31/445 (2006.01); A61K 47/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/165 (2013.01); A61K 31/135 (2013.01); A61K 31/4164 (2013.01); A61K 9/0048 (2013.01); A61K 31/445 (2013.01); A61K 47/20 (2013.01); A61K 47/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A scleral lens is provided with a sodium channel blocker or a sodium channel modulator disposed in the pre-corneal tear film between the scleral lens and the cornea. This system can be used to deliver sodium channel blockers or a sodium channel modulators not currently used because of poor bioavailability. Methods of using this sodium channel blocker delivery system or a sodium channel modulator delivery system are also disclosed.