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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2011
Fulvio Foschini, Rome, IT;
Pierre Roy, Paris, FR;
Edoardo Stagni, Catania, IT;
Giovanni Cavallo, Rome, IT;
Giulio Luciani, Bagno a Ripoli, IT;
Fulvio Foschini, Rome, IT;
Pierre Roy, Paris, FR;
Edoardo Stagni, Catania, IT;
Giovanni Cavallo, Rome, IT;
Giulio Luciani, Bagno a Ripoli, IT;
SOOFT ITALIA SPA, Montegiorgio, IT;
Abstract
Ocular iontophoresis device and method for delivering any ionized drug solution to the cornea includes: a reservoir containing a solution suitable to be positioned on the eye; an active electrode disposed in or on the reservoir; and a passive electrode suitable to be placed on the skin of the subject, elsewhere on the body; elements for irradiating the cornea surface with suitable light for obtaining corneal cross-linking after the drug delivery; wherein the reservoir and the active electrode are transparent to UV light and/or visible light and/or IR light. The method includes: positioning the iontophoretic device on the eye to be treated; driving the solution by a cathodic current applied for 0.5 to 5 min, at an intensity not higher than 2 mA; and thereafter irradiating, with UV light for 5 to 30 min at a power of 3 to 30 mW/cm; thereby obtaining the corneal cross-linking of the solution.