US Patent Issued to Clearside Biomedical on July 8 for "Methods and devices for the treatment of ocular diseases in human subjects" (Georgia, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,261, issued on July 8, was assigned to Clearside Biomedical Inc. (Alpharetta, Ga.).

"Methods and devices for the treatment of ocular diseases in human subjects" was invented by Vladimir Zarnitsyn (Atlanta), Samirkumar Patel (Atlanta), Daniel White (Suwanee, Ga.), Glenn Noronha (Atlanta) and Brian Burke (Cary, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and devices are provided for targeted non-surgical administration of a drug formulation to the suprachoroidal space (SCS) of the eye of a human subject for the treatment of a posterior ocular disorder or a choroidal malady. In one embodiment, the method comprises inserting a hollow micr...