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Treatment medium delivery device and methods for delivery of such treatment mediums to the eye using such a delivery device

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  • US 7,922,702 B2
  • Filed: 07/01/2005
  • Issued: 04/12/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device comprising:

  • a first portion configured for insertion into a punctum of a mammalian eye and retention by a single lacrimal canaliculus of the eye; and

    a second portion retained on, in or otherwise supported by the first portion, the second portion including an at least partially encapsulating jacket or a coating, and being configured for carrying a treatment medium and releasing the treatment medium to the eye,wherein a surface of the second portion is shaped to rest upon, or be located exteriorly of, the punctum when the first portion is retained by the lacrimal canaliculus.

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