AU2001234337A1 - Ocular plug for punctal and intracanalicular implants - Google Patents

Ocular plug for punctal and intracanalicular implants

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AU2001234337A1
AU2001234337A1 AU2001234337A AU3433701A AU2001234337A1 AU 2001234337 A1 AU2001234337 A1 AU 2001234337A1 AU 2001234337 A AU2001234337 A AU 2001234337A AU 3433701 A AU3433701 A AU 3433701A AU 2001234337 A1 AU2001234337 A1 AU 2001234337A1
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plug
ocular
channel
polymeric materials
temperature
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Abandoned
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AU2001234337A
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Julian Abadia
Christopher D. Wilcox
Stephen Q Zhou
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Medennium Inc
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Medennium Inc
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61L—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
    • A61L31/00—Materials for other surgical articles, e.g. stents, stent-grafts, shunts, surgical drapes, guide wires, materials for adhesion prevention, occluding devices, surgical gloves, tissue fixation devices
    • A61L31/14—Materials characterised by their function or physical properties, e.g. injectable or lubricating compositions, shape-memory materials, surface modified materials
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61L—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
    • A61L31/00—Materials for other surgical articles, e.g. stents, stent-grafts, shunts, surgical drapes, guide wires, materials for adhesion prevention, occluding devices, surgical gloves, tissue fixation devices
    • A61L31/04—Macromolecular materials
    • A61L31/048—Macromolecular materials obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61L—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
    • A61L31/00—Materials for other surgical articles, e.g. stents, stent-grafts, shunts, surgical drapes, guide wires, materials for adhesion prevention, occluding devices, surgical gloves, tissue fixation devices
    • A61L31/04—Macromolecular materials
    • A61L31/06—Macromolecular materials obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61L—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
    • A61L2430/00—Materials or treatment for tissue regeneration
    • A61L2430/16—Materials or treatment for tissue regeneration for reconstruction of eye parts, e.g. intraocular lens, cornea

Abstract

An ocular plug design and method of insertion is described for the treatment of dry eye. This ocular plug is a narrow rod-like cylinder of appropriate diameter, which is tapered at one end, for insertion into an ocular channel. The plug is prepared from either (or both) of two specific classes of polymeric materials having both viscous and elastic properties. The first class of polymeric materials have a glass transition temperature (Tg) at or below human body temperature (37 DEG C). The second class of polymeric materials have a melting temperature (Tm) at or below human body temperature (37 DEG C). The plug is stored in a frozen, rigid, elongated state prior to insertion into an ocular channel. Once inserted into an ocular channel, the smart plug responds to an increase in temperature, due to the surrounding physiochemical environment, whereby it becomes soft and the plug subsequently expands to adapt to the size and shape of the patient's punctum or canaliculum. Once the plug expands to the size of the particular ocular channel, the plug is met with a resistance from the surrounding tissue. At this point, expansion of the plug ceases and the plug can effectively block tear drainage through either ocular channel.
AU2001234337A 2000-08-04 2000-08-04 Ocular plug for punctal and intracanalicular implants Abandoned AU2001234337A1 (en)

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PCT/US2000/021380 WO2002011783A1 (en) 2000-08-04 2000-08-04 Ocular plug for punctal and intracanalicular implants

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EP (1) EP1305061B1 (en)
JP (1) JP2004505679A (en)
AT (1) ATE281189T1 (en)
AU (1) AU2001234337A1 (en)
CA (1) CA2415480C (en)
DE (1) DE60015614T2 (en)
ES (1) ES2231306T3 (en)
WO (1) WO2002011783A1 (en)

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ATE281189T1 (en) 2004-11-15
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EP1305061B1 (en) 2004-11-03
EP1305061A1 (en) 2003-05-02
CA2415480A1 (en) 2002-02-14
ES2231306T3 (en) 2005-05-16
DE60015614D1 (en) 2004-12-09
WO2002011783A1 (en) 2002-02-14
JP2004505679A (en) 2004-02-26

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