Patent ID: 9238131
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: A61F,A61N

Claim Text:
1. An ocular iontophoresis device for delivering active substances to an eyeball, the ocular iontophoresis device comprising: an active electrode; a reservoir having an inlet comprising a rigid material for maintaining a shape of the active electrode and an outlet comprising a flexible material suitable for making contact with the eyeball, the inlet and the outlet each having a respective shape, wherein the area of the inlet shape is greater than the area of the outlet; and wherein the outlet defines an application surface adapted to receive a predetermined part of an eyeball surface, wherein an area of the active electrode (“Se”) is greater than an area of the application surface (“Sa”) to provide an increased electric field intensity by a value proportionate to the ratio “Se/Sa”, the application surface configured in the shape of at least one of an entire ring, a disk, a portion of a ring, an ellipse, or eye-shaped.