Abstract: A drug delivery device and method is disclosed. The drug delivery device may include a cutting portion configured to form a slit in a portion of eye tissue. The drug device may also include a sliding assembly configured to slide with respect to the cutting portion to deliver a biopharmaceutical device to the portion of eye tissue.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 8, 2013
Publication date:
November 14, 2013
Applicant:
Euclid Systems Corporation
Inventors:
Bruce Dewoolfson, Michael St. John Luttrell, Thomas Kent Mundorf, Eliot Stuart Lazar
Abstract: An orthokeratological procedure is provided that prevents or retards relaxation of corneal tissue back to the original anterior curvature of the cornea. The procedure comprises applying a stabilizing agent that comprises fibril associated collagens with interrupted triple helices (FACITs) and/or small leucine-rich repeat proteoglycans (SLRPs) to the stabilize corneal tissue in a preselected shape.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 7, 2005
Date of Patent:
July 22, 2008
Assignees:
Euclid Systems Corporation, The Bruce H. DeWoolfson Irrevocable Family Trust