Ophthalmic drug delivery
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1. A method of delivering a medicament to an eye of a subject in need thereof as an ejected stream of droplets, the method comprising:
- (a) generating the ejected stream of droplets containing said medicament via a piezoelectric actuated ejection device, said ejector device comprising;
a housing;
a reservoir disposed within the housing for receiving a volume of ophthalmic fluid;
an ejector mechanism comprising an ejector plate having a first surface coupled to a fluid delivery area of the reservoir, the ejector plate including a plurality of openings formed through its thickness; and
a piezo electric actuator coupled to a second surface of the ejector plate, the actuator being operable to oscillate the ejector plate at a frequency to thereby generate the ejected stream of droplets upon actuation;
wherein said ejected droplets have an average droplet ejecting size of between about 20 microns to about 100 microns in diameter and an average initial droplet ejecting velocity between 1 m/s and 10 m/s; and
(b) delivering said ejected stream of droplets containing said medicament to said eye of the subject in need thereof, wherein between about 85% to about 100% of the ejected mass of said droplets are deposited on the eye.
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Abstract
The present invention includes and provides a method of delivering a medicament to an eye of a subject in need thereof a solution, the method comprising: (a) providing droplets containing the medicament with a specified average size and average initial ejecting velocity; and (b) delivering the medicament to the eye, where the droplets deliver a percentage of the ejected mass of the droplets to the eye.
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38 Claims
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1. A method of delivering a medicament to an eye of a subject in need thereof as an ejected stream of droplets, the method comprising:
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(a) generating the ejected stream of droplets containing said medicament via a piezoelectric actuated ejection device, said ejector device comprising;
a housing;
a reservoir disposed within the housing for receiving a volume of ophthalmic fluid;
an ejector mechanism comprising an ejector plate having a first surface coupled to a fluid delivery area of the reservoir, the ejector plate including a plurality of openings formed through its thickness; and
a piezo electric actuator coupled to a second surface of the ejector plate, the actuator being operable to oscillate the ejector plate at a frequency to thereby generate the ejected stream of droplets upon actuation;wherein said ejected droplets have an average droplet ejecting size of between about 20 microns to about 100 microns in diameter and an average initial droplet ejecting velocity between 1 m/s and 10 m/s; and (b) delivering said ejected stream of droplets containing said medicament to said eye of the subject in need thereof, wherein between about 85% to about 100% of the ejected mass of said droplets are deposited on the eye. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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13. A method for providing a solution as an ejected stream of droplets to an eye of a subject in need thereof, the method comprising:
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(a) generating an ejected stream of droplets of said solution via a piezoelectric actuated ejection device, the ejection device comprising;
a housing;
a reservoir disposed within the housing for receiving a volume of ophthalmic fluid;
an ejector mechanism comprising an ejector plate having a first surface coupled to a fluid delivery area of the reservoir, the ejector plate including a plurality of openings formed through its thickness; and
a piezoelectric actuator coupled to a second surface of the ejector plate, the actuator being operable to oscillate the ejector plate at a frequency to thereby generate the ejected stream of droplets upon actuation;wherein said ejected droplets have an average droplet ejecting size of between about 20 microns to about 100 microns in diameter and an average initial droplet ejecting velocity of between about 1 m/s and 10 m/s; and (b) delivering said ejected stream of droplets of said solution to said eye of a subject in need thereof, wherein between about 85% to about 100% of the ejected mass of said droplets are deposited on the eye. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method of treating glaucoma in a subject in need thereof comprising:
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(a) generating an ejecting stream of droplets containing a medicament for treatment of glaucoma via a piezoelectric actuated ejection device, the ejection device comprising;
a housing;
a reservoir disposed within the housing for receiving a volume of ophthalmic fluid;
an ejector mechanism comprising an ejector plate having a first surface coupled to a fluid delivery area of the reservoir, the ejector plate including a plurality of openings formed through its thickness; and
a piezoelectric actuator coupled to a second surface of the ejector plate, the actuator being operable to oscillate the ejector plate at a frequency to thereby generate the ejected stream of droplets upon actuation;wherein said droplets have an average droplet ejecting size of between about 20 microns to about 100 microns in diameter and an average initial droplet ejecting velocity of between about 1 m/s and 10 m/s; and (b) delivering said ejected stream of droplets containing said medicament to an eye of said subject in need thereof, wherein between about 85% to about 100% of the ejected mass of said droplets are deposited on the eye. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method of providing a reduced dosage of a medicament to an eye of a subject in need thereof as an ejected stream of droplets, the method comprising:
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(a) generating an ejected stream of droplets containing said medicament via a piezoelectric actuated ejection device, the ejection device comprising;
a housing;
a reservoir disposed within the housing for receiving a volume of ophthalmic fluid;
an ejector mechanism comprising an ejector plate having a first surface coupled to a fluid delivery area of the reservoir, the ejector plate including a plurality of openings formed through its thickness; and
a piezoelectric actuator coupled to a second surface of the ejector plate, the actuator being operable to oscillate the ejector plate at a frequency to thereby generate the ejected stream of droplets upon actuation;wherein said droplets have an average ejecting droplet size of between about 20 microns and about 100 microns in diameter and an average initial droplet ejecting velocity of between 1 m/s and 10 m/s; and (b) delivering said ejected stream of droplets containing said medicament to said eye of said subject in need thereof, wherein between about 85% to about 100% of the ejected mass of said droplets are deposited on the eye, and wherein said droplets provide a total volume of less than 30 μ
l to said eye.
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