Patent ID: 8753666
Filing Date: 2014-06-17
Classification: A61F,A61K,A61P

Abstract:
1. A drug-delivery device comprising: (a) a body comprising a matrix of a silicone and an ophthalmic drug dispersed throughout the matrix, the body being a monolithic structure having an outer surface and being configured to be inserted through a punctal aperture and positioned in a punctum or lacrimal canaliculus; (b) a parylene coating covering the outer surface of the body, the parylene coating being substantially impermeable to the drug; and (c) at least one pore in the parylene coating, wherein the at least one pore extends from an outer surface of the parylene coating to the surface of the body; wherein the parylene coating covers all surfaces of the outer surface of the body with the exception of the surface of the body exposed by the at least one pore; wherein the ophthalmic drug is a glaucoma medicament.