Patents by Inventor K. Angela Macfarlane
K. Angela Macfarlane has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10656152Abstract: A therapeutic device to release a therapeutic agent comprises a porous structure coupled to a container comprising a reservoir. The reservoir comprises a volume sized to release therapeutic amounts of the therapeutic agent for an extended time when coupled to the porous structure and implanted in the patient. The porous structure may comprise a first side coupled to the reservoir and a second side to couple to the patient to release the therapeutic agent. A plurality of interconnecting channels can extend from the first side to the second side so as to connect a first a plurality of openings on the first side with a second plurality of openings on the second side.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2017Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: ForSight Vision4, Inc.Inventors: Eugene de Juan, Jr., Yair Alster, Steven M. Chamow, Kathleen C. Farinas, Hanson S. Gifford, III, K. Angela Macfarlane, Cary J. Reich, Michael Barrett, Randolph E. Campbell, Robert George, Douglas Sutton
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Patent number: 10627649Abstract: A conformable covering comprises an outer portion with rigidity to resist movement on the cornea and an inner portion to contact the cornea and provide an environment for epithelial regeneration. The inner portion of the covering can be configured in many ways so as to conform at least partially to an ablated stromal surface so as to correct vision. The conformable inner portion may have at least some rigidity so as to smooth the epithelium such that the epithelium regenerates rapidly and is guided with the covering so as to form a smooth layer for vision. The inner portion may comprise an amount of rigidity within a range from about 1×10?4 Pa*m3 to about 5×10?4 Pa*m3 so as to deflect and conform at least partially to the ablated cornea and smooth an inner portion of the ablation with an amount of pressure when deflected.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2016Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: JOURNEY1, INC.Inventors: Eugene de Juan, Jr., Cary J. Reich, Yair Alster, K. Angela Macfarlane, Doug Rimer, Douglas Sutton, Dean Carson, Enrique Barragan, Matt Clarke, Ashley Tuan, Brian Levy
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Patent number: 10617557Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide treatment with a first therapeutic agent and a second therapeutic agent for an extended time. The first therapeutic agent may comprise a VEGF inhibitor and the second therapeutic agent may comprise an antiinflammatory, such as a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory, for example a cyclooxygenase inhibitor. One or more of the first therapeutic agent or the second therapeutic agent can be injected into the eye, for example injected into a therapeutic device implanted into the eye to release the injected therapeutic agent for an extended time.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2011Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: ForSight Vision4, Inc.Inventors: Eugene de Juan, Yair Alster, Kathleen Cogan Farinas, Cary J. Reich, Randolph E. Campbell, K. Angela MacFarlane, Signe Erickson
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Patent number: 10588915Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods for the treatment of meibomian gland dysfunction. Said compositions and methods comprise keratolytic agents, such as salicylic acid, selenium disulfide, or the like. Topical administration of said compositions to the eyelid margin or surrounding areas provides therapeutic benefit to patients suffering from meibomian gland dysfunction.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: AZURA OPHTHALMICS LTD.Inventors: Yair Alster, Omer Rafaeli, K. Angela MacFarlane, Cary Reich, Shimon Amselem, Doron Friedman
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Patent number: 10555804Abstract: A therapeutic lens for the treatment of an epithelial defect comprises a layer of therapeutic material disposed over the stroma and/or Bowman's membrane to inhibit water flow from the tear liquid to the stroma and/or Bowman's membrane, such that corneal deturgescence can be restored to decrease corneal swelling and light scattering. The layer may cover and protect nerve fibers to decrease pain. The layer may comprise an index of refraction to inhibit light scatter from an anterior surface of the stroma and/or Bowman's membrane. The lens may comprise a curved anterior surface that provides functional vision for the patient when the epithelium regenerates. The layer of therapeutic material can be positioned on the eye in many ways, for example with a spray that is cured to adhere the layer to the exposed surface of the stroma and/or Bowman's membrane.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2018Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: JOURNEY1, INC.Inventors: Eugene De Juan, Jr., Cary J. Reich, Stephen Boyd, Yair Alster, David Sierra, Hanson S. Gifford, Jose D. Alejandro, Richard L. Lindstrom, K. Angela MacFarlane, Douglas Sutton, John Anthony Scholl
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Publication number: 20200038240Abstract: A comfortable insert comprises a retention structure sized for placement under the eyelids and along at least a portion of conjunctival sac of the upper and lower lids of the eye. The retention structure resists deflection when placed in the conjunctival sac of the eye and to guide the insert along the sac when the eye moves. The retention structure can be configured in many ways to provide the resistance to deflection and may comprise a hoop strength so as to urge the retention structure outward and inhibit movement of the retention structure toward the cornea. The insert may move rotationally with deflection along the conjunctival sac, and may comprise a retention structure having a cross sectional dimension sized to fit within folds of the conjunctiva. The insert may comprise a release mechanism and therapeutic agent to release therapeutic amounts of the therapeutic agent for an extended time.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2019Publication date: February 6, 2020Inventors: Eugene de Juan, Jr., Yair Alster, Cary J. Reich, K. Angela Macfarlane, Janelle Chang, Stephen Boyd, David Sierra, Jose D. Alejandro, Douglas Sutton, Alexander J. Gould
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Publication number: 20190388440Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods for the treatment of meibomian gland dysfunction. Said compositions and methods comprise keratolytic agents, such as salicylic acid, selenium disulfide, or the like. Topical administration of said compositions to the eyelid margin or surrounding areas provides therapeutic benefit to patients suffering from meibomian gland dysfunction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Inventors: Yair ALSTER, Omer RAFAELI, K. Angela MACFARLANE, Cary REICH, Shimon AMSELEM, Doron FRIEDMAN
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Publication number: 20190336335Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide a therapeutic fluid to devices implanted in the body, for example to containers of devices implanted in the eye of a patient. The methods and apparatus may comprise an injector to increase an amount of therapeutic agent injected into the device implanted in the eye, or a structure to receive the therapeutic fluid within the device implanted in the eye, or combinations thereof. The device implanted in the eye may comprise a reservoir chamber having a fluid with a density different than the therapeutic fluid, and the apparatus can be adapted to at least partially separate the implanted device fluid from therapeutic fluid within the reservoir chamber to increase and amount of therapeutic fluid placed in the reservoir chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2019Publication date: November 7, 2019Inventors: Eugene de Juan, JR., Yair Alster, Kathleen Cogan Farinas, K. Angela Macfarlane, Cary J. Reich, Randolph E. Campbell, Darren Doud, Signe Erickson, Mike Barrett, David Batten, Christina Skieller, Greg Stine
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Publication number: 20190125766Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods for the treatment of meibomian gland dysfunction. Said compositions and methods comprise keratolytic agents, such as salicylic acid, selenium disulfide, or the like. Topical administration of said compositions to the eyelid margin or surrounding areas provides therapeutic benefit to patients suffering from meibomian gland dysfunction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2018Publication date: May 2, 2019Inventors: Yair ALSTER, Omer RAFAELI, K. Angela MACFARLANE, Cary REICH, Shimon AMSELEM, Doron FRIEDMAN
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Patent number: 10265215Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide a therapeutic fluid to devices implanted in the body, for example to containers of devices implanted in the eye of a patient. The methods and apparatus may comprise an injector to increase an amount of therapeutic agent injected into the device implanted in the eye, or a structure to receive the therapeutic fluid within the device implanted in the eye, or combinations thereof. The device implanted in the eye may comprise a reservoir chamber having a fluid with a density different than the therapeutic fluid, and the apparatus can be adapted to at least partially separate the implanted device fluid from therapeutic fluid within the reservoir chamber to increase and amount of therapeutic fluid placed in the reservoir chamber.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2017Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: ForSight Vision4, Inc.Inventors: Eugene de Juan, Jr., Yair Alster, Kathleen Cogan Farinas, K. Angela Macfarlane, Cary J. Reich, Randolph E. Campbell, Darren Doud, Signe Erickson, Mike Barrett, David Batten, Christina Skieller, Greg Stine
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Publication number: 20190105198Abstract: A therapeutic system comprises an ocular insert placed on a region outside an optical zone of an eye. The ocular insert comprises two structures: a first skeletal structure and a second cushioning structure. The first structure functions as a skeletal frame which maintains positioning of the implant along the anterior portion of the eye and provides support to the second, cushioning structure. This first structure maintains the attachment of the therapeutic system to the anterior portion of the eye for at least thirty days. In some embodiments the first structure remains a constant size and shape, e.g. a ring shape, a ring with haptics, or a curvilinear ring that is confined to and restrainingly engages the inferior and superior conjunctival fornices so as to retain the implant within the tear fluid and/or against the tissues of the eye.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2018Publication date: April 11, 2019Inventors: Yair Alster, Eugene de Juan, JR., Cary J. Reich, Stephen Boyd, David Sierra, Jose D. Alejandro, K. Angela Macfarlane, Douglas Sutton
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Patent number: 10166142Abstract: A therapeutic device that can release a therapeutic agent comprising a porous structure coupled to a container comprising a reservoir. The reservoir can comprise a volume sized to release therapeutic amounts of the therapeutic agent for an extended time when coupled to the porous structure and implanted in a patient. The porous structure may comprise a first side coupled to the reservoir and a second side to couple to the patient to release the therapeutic agent. The length of the channels extending from the first side to the second side may comprise an effective length greater than a distance across the porous structure from the first side to the second side. The therapeutic device may comprise a penetrable barrier to inject therapeutic agent into the device when implanted in the patient.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2012Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: ForSight Vision4, Inc.Inventors: Eugene De Juan, Jr., Yair Alster, Kathleen Cogan Farinas, K. Angela MacFarlane, Cary J. Reich, Randolph E. Campbell, Signe Erickson
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Publication number: 20180292403Abstract: A therapeutic device to release a therapeutic agent comprises a porous structure coupled to a container comprising a reservoir. The reservoir comprises a volume sized to release therapeutic amounts of the therapeutic agent for an extended time when coupled to the porous structure and implanted in the patient. The porous structure may comprise a first side coupled to the reservoir and a second side to couple to the patient to release the therapeutic agent. A plurality of interconnecting channels can extend from the first side to the second side so as to connect a first a plurality of openings on the first side with a second plurality of openings on the second side.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2017Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Eugene de Juan, JR., Yair Alster, Steven M. Chamow, Kathleen C. Farinas, Hanson S. Gifford, III, K. Angela Macfarlane, Cary J. Reich, Michael Barrett, Randolph E. Campbell, Robert George, Douglas Sutton
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Publication number: 20180243130Abstract: An injector apparatus comprises an elongate structure having one or more openings positionable near a penetrable barrier of an implantable device so as to receive fluid of the implantable device. The apparatus comprises a needle and a sheath extending over at least a portion of the needle. The elongate structure may comprise a distal tip to penetrate tissue and the penetrable barrier, and a distal opening near the tip to release therapeutic fluid into the implantable chamber. In many embodiments the distal tip, the distal opening, and the plurality of openings are separated from a stop that engages a tissue of the patient and limit penetration depth such that the distal opening and the plurality of openings are located along an axis of the implantable device to increase an efficiency of the exchange.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2018Publication date: August 30, 2018Inventors: Darren Doud, Randolph E. Campbell, Signe Erickson, K. Angela Macfarlane, Mike Barrett, Christina Skieller, David Batten, Greg Stine, Eugene de Juan, JR., Douglas Sutton, Kathleen Cogan Farinas
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Patent number: 10034887Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods for the treatment of meibomian gland dysfunction. Said compositions and methods comprise keratolytic agents, such as salicylic acid, selenium disulfide, or the like. Topical administration of said compositions to the eyelid margin or surrounding areas provides therapeutic benefit to patients suffering from meibomian gland dysfunction.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2016Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: M.G. THERAPEUTICS, LTD.Inventors: Yair Alster, Omer Rafaeli, K. Angela MacFarlane, Cary Reich, Shimon Amselem, Doron Friedman
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Publication number: 20180193133Abstract: A therapeutic lens for the treatment of an epithelial defect comprises a layer of therapeutic material disposed over the stroma and/or Bowman's membrane to inhibit water flow from the tear liquid to the stroma and/or Bowman's membrane, such that corneal deturgescence can be restored to decrease corneal swelling and light scattering. The layer may cover and protect nerve fibers to decrease pain. The layer may comprise an index of refraction to inhibit light scatter from an anterior surface of the stroma and/or Bowman's membrane. The lens may comprise a curved anterior surface that provides functional vision for the patient when the epithelium regenerates. The layer of therapeutic material can be positioned on the eye in many ways, for example with a spray that is cured to adhere the layer to the exposed surface of the stroma and/or Bowman's membrane.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Inventors: EUGENE DE JUAN, JR., CARY J. REICH, STEPHEN BOYD, YAIR ALSTER, DAVID SIERRA, HANSON S. GIFFORD, JOSE D. ALEJANDRO, RICHARD L. LINDSTROM, K. ANGELA MACFARLANE, DOUGLAS SUTTON, JOHN ANTHONY SCHOLL
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Publication number: 20180177634Abstract: A comfortable insert comprises a retention structure sized for placement under the eyelids and along at least a portion of conjunctival sac of the upper and lower lids of the eye. The retention structure resists deflection when placed in the conjunctival sac of the eye and to guide the insert along the sac when the eye moves. The retention structure can be configured in many ways to provide the resistance to deflection and may comprise a hoop strength so as to urge the retention structure outward and inhibit movement of the retention structure toward the cornea. The insert may move rotationally with deflection along the conjunctival sac, and may comprise a retention structure having a cross sectional dimension sized to fit within folds of the conjunctiva. The insert may comprise a release mechanism and therapeutic agent to release therapeutic amounts of the therapeutic agent for an extended time.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2018Publication date: June 28, 2018Inventors: Eugene de Juan, JR., Yair Alster, Cary J. Reich, K. Angela Macfarlane, Janelle Chang, Stephen Boyd, David Sierra, Jose D. Alejandro, Douglas Sutton, Alexander J. Gould
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Patent number: 10004636Abstract: A therapeutic system comprises an ocular insert placed on a region outside an optical zone of an eye. The ocular insert comprises two structures: a first skeletal structure and a second cushioning structure. The first structure functions as a skeletal frame which maintains positioning of the implant along the anterior portion of the eye and provides support to the second, cushioning structure. This first structure maintains the attachment of the therapeutic system to the anterior portion of the eye for at least thirty days. In some embodiments the first structure remains a constant size and shape, e.g. a ring shape, a ring with haptics, or a curvilinear ring that is confined to and restrainingly engages the inferior and superior conjunctival fornices so as to retain the implant within the tear fluid and/or against the tissues of the eye.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2016Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: ForSight Vision5, Inc.Inventors: Yair Alster, Eugene de Juan, Jr., Cary J. Reich, Stephen Boyd, David Sierra, Jose D. Alejandro, K. Angela Macfarlane, Douglas Sutton
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Publication number: 20180161202Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide a therapeutic fluid to devices implanted in the body, for example to containers of devices implanted in the eye of a patient. The methods and apparatus may comprise an injector to increase an amount of therapeutic agent injected into the device implanted in the eye, or a structure to receive the therapeutic fluid within the device implanted in the eye, or combinations thereof. The device implanted in the eye may comprise a reservoir chamber having a fluid with a density different than the therapeutic fluid, and the apparatus can be adapted to at least partially separate the implanted device fluid from therapeutic fluid within the reservoir chamber to increase and amount of therapeutic fluid placed in the reservoir chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2017Publication date: June 14, 2018Inventors: Eugene de Juan, JR., Yair Alster, Kathleen Cogan Farinas, K. Angela Macfarlane, Cary J. Reich, Randolph E. Campbell, Darren Doud, Signe Erickson, Mike Barrett, David Batten, Christina Skieller, Greg Stine
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Patent number: 9943401Abstract: A therapeutic lens for the treatment of an epithelial defect comprises a layer of therapeutic material disposed over the stroma and/or Bowman's membrane to inhibit water flow from the tear liquid to the stroma and/or Bowman's membrane, such that corneal deturgescence can be restored to decrease corneal swelling and light scattering. The layer may cover and protect nerve fibers to decrease pain. The layer may comprise an index of refraction to inhibit light scatter from an anterior surface of the stroma and/or Bowman's membrane. The lens may comprise a curved anterior surface that provides functional vision for the patient when the epithelium regenerates. The layer of therapeutic material can be positioned on the eye in many ways, for example with a spray that is cured to adhere the layer to the exposed surface of the stroma and/or Bowman's membrane.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2009Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Inventors: Eugene de Juan, Jr., Cary J. Reich, Stephen Boyd, Yair Alster, David Sierra, Hanson S. Gifford, Jose D. Alejandro, Richard L. Lindstrom, K. Angela Macfarlane, Douglas Sutton, John Anthony Scholl