Sustained release drug delivery devices, methods of use, and methods of manufacturing thereof

• US 8,574,659 B2
• Filed: 01/15/2010
• Issued: 11/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: EyePoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• Original Assignee: pSivida US, Inc
• Inventors: Guo, Hong, Ashton, Paul
• Primary Examiner(s): BARHAM, BETHANY P
• Application Number:
  US12/688,132
• Publication Number:
  US 20100119694A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,390 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 427/2.21
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 9/0017 implantable in, or in contact with, the eye, e.g. ocular inserts
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/58 containing heterocyclic rings, e.g. danazol, stanozolol, pancuronium or digitogenin digitoxin A61K31/7048
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 9/0051 Ocular inserts, ocular implants
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 9/0092 Hollow drug-filled fibres, tubes of the core-shell type, coated fibres, coated rods, microtubules or nanotubes
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 9/20 Pills, tablets, discs, rods A61K9/0004, A61K9/0007, A61K9/0056, A61K9/0065 take precedence; for reconstitution of a drink A61K9/0095
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 9/5089 Processes
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 25/00 Drugs for disorders of the nervous system
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 27/02 Ophthalmic agents
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 29/00 Non-central analgesic, antipyretic or antiinflammatory agents, e.g. antirheumatic agents; Non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs [NSAID]
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 9/12 Antihypertensives
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49888 Subsequently coating

Abstract

A method and device for treating a mammalian organism to obtain a desired local or systemic physiological or pharmacological effect is provided. The method includes administering a sustained release drug delivery system to a mammalian organism in need of such treatment at an area wherein release of an effective agent is desired and allowing the effective agent to pass through the device in a controlled manner. The device includes an inner core or reservoir including the effective agent, an impermeable tube which encloses portions of the reservoir, and a permeable member at an end of the tube.

Claims

1. A method of manufacturing a sustained drug delivery system, comprising

positioning a drug core in an impermeable tube, said drug core containing a therapeutically effective amount of an active agent, wherein said impermeable tube is dimensionally stable and capable of supporting its own weight;

cross-sectionally cutting the tube into sections; and

forming a permeable outer layer around at least a portion of a section.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the outer layer is formed by dipping, dropping, spraying, or brushing the section with a solution of polymer.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising positioning an end member to said tube to form a closed-end tube, said end member selected from an impermeable cap and a permeable plug.

4. A method in accordance with claim 3, wherein positioning an end member comprises joining said end member to a length of said tube to form a vessel-shaped member.

5. A method in accordance with claim 4, wherein said joining comprises coupling an impermeable cap to said length of tube.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the active agent is fluocinolone acetonide.