Patents Examined by Benhamin Klein
  • Drug delivery system and methods of treating open angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension
    Patent number: 9974685
    Abstract: A method of decreasing intraocular pressure (IOP) in an eye of a patient in need thereof includes implanting a first lacrimal implant through an upper punctum and into an upper lacrimal canaliculus of the eye of the patient. The method may further comprise implanting a second lacrimal implant through a lower punctum and into a lower lacrimal canaliculus of the eye of the patient, and releasing, on a sustained basis a therapeutically effective amount of an intraocular pressure-reducing therapeutic agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Mati Therapeutics
    Inventors: Suzanne Cadden, Yong Hao, Deepank Utkhede