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US 11,510,869 B2Granted
Medical devices including medicaments and methods of making and using same including enhancing comfort, enhancing drug penetration, and treatment of myopia
OwnerPraful Doshiinventor
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Abstract
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.
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A packaged medical device, comprising:
- a) at least one drug delivery contact lens, comprising:
- 1) at least one coating provided on at least one surface of said drug delivery contact lens;
- and
- 2) at least one drug;
- b) at least one packaging solution, comprising:
- 1) said at least one drug;
- c) at least one packaging, comprising:
- 1) said at least one drug delivery contact lens;
- and
- 2) said at least one packaging solution;
- wherein said at least one coating comprises said at least one drug;
- and
- further wherein said at least one coating is made in whole or in part by at least one additive printing.
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