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US 11,890,233 B2Granted
Systems and methods for drug delivery
AssigneeCalifornia Institute of Technology
InventorsMorteza Gharib, Jinglin Huang
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Abstract
Disclosed are example embodiments of methods and systems for inducing drug to thoroughly mix in a patient's vitreous humor. One of the systems includes: a heat transfer pad that transfer heat to or from the eyeball; and a control module electronically coupled to the heat transfer pad for controlling one or more heat transfer elements disposed thereon.
Claims12
A medical apparatus to induce drug mixing comprising:
- a flexible contact pad configured to be placed over an eyeball of a patient;
- a plurality of heat transfer elements disposed on the flexible contact pad configured to transfer heat out of or into the flexible pad;
- and
- a control module electronically coupled to each of the plurality of the heat transfer elements for controlling the temperature of each heat transfer element,
- wherein the flexible contact pad is configured to be placed in direct contact with the eyeball of the patient.
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An eye patch for inducing drug to mix in a patient's vitreous humor, the eye patch comprising:
- a heat transfer pad configured to transfer heat to or from an eyeball, the heat transfer pad including:
- a flexible contact pad configured to be placed over the eyeball of the patient;
- a plurality of heat transfer elements disposed on the flexible contact pad configured to transfer heat out of or into the flexible pad;
- and
- a control module electronically coupled to the heat transfer pad for controlling one or more heat transfer elements disposed on the heat transfer pad,
- wherein the eye patch is configured to be placed in direct contact with the eyeball of the patient.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.