Eye Medication Delivery System
OwnerRobert K. Grantinventor
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Abstract
An eye medication delivery system for treating an infected eye having a cornea and a conjunctiva, where the medication delivery system comprises a liquid medication applied directly to a surface of a contact lens and placing the contact lens onto the eye such that the liquid medication and the contact lens surface are proximate to the cornea and the conjunctiva. The surface of the contact lens holds the liquid medication in contact with the cornea and conjunctiva.
Claims18
A method for delivering a liquid eye medication to an infected eye, said method comprising
- a. providing a contact lens having an external surface and an internal surface;
- b. applying said liquid eye medication directly to said contact lens internal surface;
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- c. after applying said liquid medication directly to said contact lens internal surface, inserting said contact lens into said infected eye such that said lens internal surface is positioned proximate to a cornea and a sclera of said infected eye and holds said liquid medication in contact with said cornea or said sclera.
An eye medication delivery system for treating an infected eye, said eye medication delivery system comprising
- a. a sealed container filled with a liquid medication;
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- b. a contact lens submerged in said liquid medication within said sealed container and having an external surface and an internal surface, so that when said contact lens is inserted into said infected eye, said contact lens internal surface is positioned proximate to a cornea and a sclera of said infected eye and said contact lens internal surface holds said liquid medication in contact with said cornea or said sclera.
An eye medication delivery system for treating an infected eye, said eye medication delivery system comprising
- a. a sealed container filled with a liquid medication;
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- b. a contact lens submerged in said liquid medication within said sealed container.
A method for delivering a liquid eye medication to an infected eye, said method comprising:
- a. providing a contact lens having an external surface and an internal surface;
- b. disposing said liquid eye medication at said contact lens internal surface;
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- c. after the disposing step (c), inserting the contact lens into the infected eye so that the lens internal surface is positioned proximate to a cornea and a sclera of the infected eye and holds the liquid medication in contact with the cornea or the sclera.
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