Medical devices including medicaments and methods of making and using same including enhancing comfort, enhancing drug penetration, and treatment of myopia
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The present invention recognizes that medical devices, such as but not limited to contact lenses, can be made having a coating made at least in part using printing technologies to provide drug storage and drug release structures. The coating preferably includes at least one drug reservoir layer and a least one barrier layer, and can include structures, such as but not limited to capillary structures that alone or in combination modulate the release of the drug from the coating. One aspect of the present invention is a medical device that incorporates a drug in at least one coating. A second aspect of the present invention is a method of making a medical device that incorporates a drug in at least one coating. A third aspect of the present invention is a method of using a medical device of the present invention to treat, prevent from having, prevent from developing, control, reduce the severity, or reduce the progression of a disease, disorder or condition of a subject.
A method of making a medical device contact lens for delivery of drug to the eye of a subject in need of treatment, prevention, reduction of severity, or reduction of progression of myopia, or a combination thereof, comprising:
The method of making a medical device contact lens 1,
A method of using a medical device contact lens for delivery of at least one drug to the eye of a subject in need of treatment, prevention, control, reduction of the severity, or reduction of progression of myopia, comprising:
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