METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SUBRETINAL DRUG DELIVERY

Devices and devices for the treatment of the eye are disclosed. Preferred devices of the invention include a piercing member (12) that is inserted int o the eye to create a pathway for a cannula(44). The cannula (44) is slidably mounted to the piercing member (12) and is adapted to reach a treatment...

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Hauptverfasser:	VARNER, SIGNE ERICKSON, DEJUAN, EUGENE JR, SHELLEY, TERRY HARRISON
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre
Schlagworte:	BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PROSTHESES TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Zusammenfassung:	Devices and devices for the treatment of the eye are disclosed. Preferred devices of the invention include a piercing member (12) that is inserted int o the eye to create a pathway for a cannula(44). The cannula (44) is slidably mounted to the piercing member (12) and is adapted to reach a treatment site within the eye at which material is injected into and/or withdrawn from the eye. The outer diameter of the piercing member (12) is small enough to allow for self-sealing of the insertion site of the device upon the device's withdrawal therefrom. Also disclosed are methods for the utilizing the devic es to treat the eye.