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Intraocular drug delivery

  • US 10,667,947 B2
  • Filed: 06/02/2017
  • Issued: 06/02/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An ab externo method of placing an intraocular implant into an eye, the method comprising the steps of:

  • advancing a needle, in which the implant is disposed, into the eye through conjunctiva, Tenon'"'"'s capsule, and sclera of the eye, the implant comprising a drug deliverable to the eye; and

    releasing the intraocular implant to anchor the implant within an intrascleral space of the eye, wherein the implant functions as a plug to obstruct fluid flow from an anterior chamber of the eye toward the intrascleral space upon release.

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