Patent ID: 9486357
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: A61F,A61K,A61P

Claim Text:
1. A method of providing a therapeutic agent to an eye of a patient, the method comprising providing to an eye of the patient a device that is 15 mm to 60 mm in length, deformable, biodegradable and absorbable and containing at least one of: (i) a therapeutic agent selected from the group consisting of a rho kinase inhibitor, a platelet-derived growth factor inhibitor, and an integrin inhibitor; and (ii) stem cells released upon injecting in the patient's eye, a releasable neuronal cell protective agent and optionally other agents, the device shaped to stably fit a superchoroidal or subretinal position in the eye choroid or on the lens zonules, and sized to occupy the choroidal space inside the eye or the space on the lens zonules to provide a relatively longer duration of agent release over a relatively larger space-occupying area inside the eye; and implanting the device suprachoroidially between the sclera and the choroid posteriorly with respect to the pars plana of the eye or subretinally following the curvature of the retina and subretinal space but not bulging the retina.