Selective administration of drug with ocular therapeutic system
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1. A method for administering drug to a preselected surface of the lid of an eye comprising the steps of:
- (a) placing in the eye a therapeutic system comprising;
a drug, a drug delivery module sized, shaped and adapted as a platform for comfortable retention in the eye and for housing the drug, said module including a delivery portal defining a surface area of the module for releasing the drug from the system; and
,(b) positioning the system in the eye by orienting the portal towards the preselected internal surface of the lid for effective administration of drug thereto.
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Abstract
A method for administering a drug to a preselected tissue compartment of the eye for advantageously controlling the concentration of drug in the tissue compartment is disclosed. The method comprises (1) placing an ocular therapeutic system in the eye, and (2) orienting the drug releasing portal of the system towards the preselected tissue compartment for controlled administration of drug thereto.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for administering drug to a preselected surface of the lid of an eye comprising the steps of:
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(a) placing in the eye a therapeutic system comprising;
a drug, a drug delivery module sized, shaped and adapted as a platform for comfortable retention in the eye and for housing the drug, said module including a delivery portal defining a surface area of the module for releasing the drug from the system; and
,(b) positioning the system in the eye by orienting the portal towards the preselected internal surface of the lid for effective administration of drug thereto. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method for administering drug internally into the eye comprising the steps of:
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(a) placing in the eye a therapeutic system comprising;
a drug, a drug delivery module sized, shaped and adapted as a platform for comfortable retention in the eye and for housing the drug, said module including a delivery portal defining a surface area of the module for releasing the drug from the system; and
,(b) positioning the system in the eye by orienting the portal towards the globe of the eye for administering drug internally for effective administration of drug thereto.
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4. A method for administering drug to a preselected surface of the lid of an eye comprising the steps of:
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(a) placing in the eye a therapeutic system comprising;
a drug delivery module sized, shaped and adapted as a platform for comfortable retention in the eye, said module including (1) a reservoir, (2) a drug housed in the reservoir, and (3) a portal defining a single surface of the module for releasing drug from the system; and
,(b) positioning the system in the eye by orienting the portal towards the preselected internal surface of the lid for effective administration of drug thereto. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27)
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8. A method for administering a drug internally into the eye comprising the steps of:
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(a) placing in the eye a therapeutic system comprising a drug delivery module sized, shaped and adapted as a platform for comfortable retention in the eye, said module including;
(1) a reservoir;
(2) a drug housed in the reservoir;
(3) a portal defining a single surface area of the module, said portal a means for releasing drug from the system;(b) positioning the system in the eye by orienting the portal towards the globe of the eye for administering drug internally for effective administration of drug to produce a desired beneficial effect. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for admitting drug into the nasal pharyngeal duct which method consists essentially of:
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(a) placing in the eye a therapeutic system comprising a drug delivery module, sized, shaped and adapted for comfortable retention in the eye, said module comprising;
(1) a reservoir;
(2) a drug housed in the reservoir;
(3) a portal defining a single surface area of the module, said portal a means for releasing drug from the reservoir; and
,(b) positioning the system in the eye and orienting the drug delivery portal towards the palpebral conjunctiva for releasing drug into the tear film of the eye for passage through the punctum into the nasal pharyngeal duct. - View Dependent Claims (14, 25, 26)
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15. In a method for administering drug into systemic circulation comprising the steps of:
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(a) inserting in the eye of a warm blooded animal a therapeutic system comprising a drug delivery module sized, shaped and adapted for prolonged retention in the eye, said module formed of a pharmaceutically acceptable polymeric material comprising;
(1) a reservoir;
(2) a drug confined in the reservoir;
(3) a portal defining a sole surface area of the material with the remaining surfaces of the system substantially impermeable to the passage of drug, said portal a means for emitting drug from the reservoir; and
,(b) orienting the portal towards a preselected part of the eye capable of receiving a drug for administering the drug into systemic circulation for producing a beneficial response at a drug receiving tissue site distant from the eye. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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