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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2013
Mati Therapeutics, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Suzanne Cadden, North Vancouver, CA;
Yong Hao, Vancouver, CA;
Deepank Utkhede, Surrey, CA;
Valery Rubinchik, Richmond, CA;
Charles Richard Kjellbotn, Surrey, CA;
Mati Therapeutics Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of decreasing intraocular pressure (IOP) in an eye of a patient in need thereof includes implanting a first lacrimal implant through a firsts punctum and into a first lacrimal canaliculus of the eye of the patient. The method may further comprise implanting a second lacrimal implant through a second punctum and into a second lacrimal canaliculus of the eye of the patient, and releasing, on a sustained basis a therapeutically effective amount of an intraocular pressure-reducing therapeutic agent.