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Intravitreal medicine delivery

  • US 5,830,173 A
  • Filed: 08/01/1997
  • Issued: 11/03/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/12/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of delivering medicine to the vitreous cavity of the eye comprising the steps of:

  • establishing a reservoir on the eyewall and under the conjunctiva for holding a supply of a medicine, andproviding a passageway between the reservoir and the vitreous cavity and through which medicine can move from the reservoir into the cavity, said passageway also being provided under the conjunctiva so that the entire reservoir and passageway are under the conjunctiva.

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