Porous photonic crystals for drug delivery to the eye
AssigneeThe Regents of the University of California
InventorsWilliam Freeman, Michael J. Sailor, Lingyun Cheng, Frederique Cunin, Emily Anglin, Yang Yang Li
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Abstract
A minimally invasive controlled drug delivery system for delivering a particular drug or drugs to a particular location of the eye, the system including a porous film template having pores configured and dimensioned to at least partially receive at least one drug therein, and wherein the template is dimensioned to be delivered into or onto the eye.
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A method for treating an intraocular disease of the eye comprising administering to an eye of a patient a porous silicon dioxide particle having pores comprising a drug for treatment of the disease, thereby delivering the drug to the eye.
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