ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,184, issued on March 25.
"Ocular device and drug delivery system, with case" was invented by Denis LaBombard (Georgetown, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ocular device for placement under an eyelid that includes a plate with a back surface having at least one protrusion having a convex contact surface to contact the sclera of the eye and to provide an offset space. The plate can be connected to an elongated support member. The ocular device can deliver a material to an eye of a user, including, for example, a pharmaceutically active agent. A case for holding and dispensing an ocular device includes a well configured to retai...