HYPOTENSIVE LIPID-CONTAINING BIODEGRADABLE INTRAOCULAR IMPLANTS AND RELATED METHODS
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Biocompatible intraocular implants include a prostamide component and a biodegradable polymer that is effective in facilitating release of the prostamide component into an eye for an extended period of time. The prostamide component may be associated with a biodegradable polymer matrix, such as a matrix of a two biodegradable polymers. The implants may be placed in an eye to treat or reduce a at least one symptom of an ocular condition, such as glaucoma.
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1-38. -38. (canceled)
- 39. A method of treating an ocular condition in an eye of a patient, comprising the step of placing a biodegradable intraocular implant in an eye of the patient, the implant comprising a prostamide component and a biodegradable polymer matrix that releases drug at a rate effective to sustain release of an amount of the prostamide component from the implant to provide an amount of the prostamide component effective to prevent or reduce a symptom of the ocular condition of the eye.
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