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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2013
Applicant:
Alcon Research, Ltd., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
Andrew David Johnson, Tustin, CA (US);
Nicholas Max Gunn, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
Novartis AG, Basel, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/00 (2006.01); A61F 9/007 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/00781 (2013.01); A61F 2240/001 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract
An intraocular device for implantation in an eye of a patient is provided. The intraocular device includes an inlet tube, an outlet tube, and a microfluidic chamber. The microfluidic chamber includes a chamber inlet coupled to the inlet tube, a chamber outlet coupled to the outlet tube, and one or more fluidic barriers. Each fluidic barrier is configured such that, as a fluid is injected into the microfluidic chamber, a front of the fluid coincides with the fluidic barrier before any of the fluid passes beyond the fluidic barrier. Associated methods are also disclosed herein.