OPHTHALMIC DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. An ocular device comprising a biodegradable, and absorbable body configured in a shape for implantingdirectly exterior and anterior to a crystalline lens capsule in a patient'"'"'s eye shaped in a C configuration or a ring configuration to stably lay on zonules or the anterior lens capsule or an intraocular lens (IOL) between an iris and an outer surface of the lens capsule, orin the choroid shaped in straight rod configuration or in a snake-shaped semicircle configuration to follow the inside curvature of the sclera and readily position inside the suprachoroidal space, orunder the retina shaped in a rod configuration or a semicircle configurationthe device comprising a deformable material such that the device is folded upon implantation, the device optionally containing an ocular therapeutic agent released upon implanting in the patient'"'"'s eye.
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Abstract
An ocular device comprising a biodegradable, and absorbable body configured in a shape for implanting
- directly exterior and anterior to a crystalline lens capsule in a patient'"'"'s eye shaped in a C configuration or a ring configuration to stably lay on zonules or the anterior lens capsule or an intraocular lens (IOL) between an iris and an outer surface of the lens capsule, or
- in the choroid shaped in straight rod configuration or in a snake-shaped semicircle configuration to follow the inside curvature of the sclera and readily position inside the suprachoroidal space, or
- under the retina shaped in a rod configuration or a semicircle configuration
the device comprising a deformable material such that the device is folded upon implantation, the device optionally containing an ocular therapeutic agent released upon implanting in the patient'"'"'s eye.
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1. An ocular device comprising a biodegradable, and absorbable body configured in a shape for implanting
directly exterior and anterior to a crystalline lens capsule in a patient'"'"'s eye shaped in a C configuration or a ring configuration to stably lay on zonules or the anterior lens capsule or an intraocular lens (IOL) between an iris and an outer surface of the lens capsule, or in the choroid shaped in straight rod configuration or in a snake-shaped semicircle configuration to follow the inside curvature of the sclera and readily position inside the suprachoroidal space, or under the retina shaped in a rod configuration or a semicircle configuration the device comprising a deformable material such that the device is folded upon implantation, the device optionally containing an ocular therapeutic agent released upon implanting in the patient'"'"'s eye.
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