Patents Assigned to Doheny Retina Institute
  • Reservoirs with subretinal cannula for subretinal drug delivery
    Patent number: 7794437
    Abstract: Featured are devices and methods for administering a therapeutic medium to the posterior segment of an eye including instilling or disposing the therapeutic medium sub-retinally. Such instillation is accomplished by providing a reservoir containing a therapeutic medium to which is fluidly coupled a cannula and inserting a portion of the cannula sub-retinally, whereby the therapeutic medium within the reservoir is coupled to and dispersed subretinally via the cannula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Doheny Retina Institute
    Inventors: Mark Humayun, Eugene De Juan
  • Reservoirs with subretinal cannula for subretinal drug delivery
    Publication number: 20060200097
    Abstract: Featured are devices and methods for administering a therapeutic medium to the posterior segment of an eye including instilling or disposing the therapeutic medium sub-retinally. Such instillation is accomplished by providing a reservoir containing a therapeutic medium to which is fluidly coupled a cannula and inserting a portion of the cannula sub-retinally, whereby the therapeutic medium within the reservoir is coupled to and dispersed subretinally via the cannula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2004
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Applicant: Doheny Retina Institute
    Inventors: Mark Humayun, Eugene De Juan