ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,336, issued on March 18, was assigned to ForSight Vision4 Inc. (South San Francisco, Calif.).
"Expandable drug delivery devices and methods of use" was invented by Bradley G. Bachelder (South San Francisco, Calif.), Randolph E. Campbell (Redwood City, Calif.), Darren Doud (Los Altos, Calif.), Signe Erickson (South San Francisco, Calif.) and Kevin W. Sacherman (Palo Alto, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are implantable devices having expandable reservoirs for the sustained release of therapeutic agents. The device is configured to be at least partially implanted in an eye and includes a retention structure and a penet...