Title:
A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ULTRASOUND-ENHANCED DELIVERY OF DRUGS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2017/198773
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A drug applicator (202) for a system for ultrasound-enhanced delivery of at least one drug to a target site in a intraocular space (100), the system comprising a signal generating unit (300) operationally connected to an ultrasound transducer (202), wherein the drug applicator comprises at least one space (800) to hold the drug, is made from a low ultrasound attenuation material, is configured to provide low ultrasound loss coupling of the system to the sclera, and is configured to be mechanically coupled to the system and further configured to be coupled to the ultrasound transducer with low ultrasound loss. The signal generating unit and/or the ultrasound transducer are configured to emit an ultrasound wave form in at least one application cycle, the application cycle comprising at least one ultrasound emitting event with a time duration TA and a waiting period with a time duration TW.
Inventors:
SUEN WAI LEUNG LANGSTON (CN)
CHEUNG SIN HANG SARAH (CN)
ENGELS JAN FREDERIK (CN)
CHEUNG SIN HANG SARAH (CN)
ENGELS JAN FREDERIK (CN)
Application Number:
PCT/EP2017/061983
Publication Date:
December 28, 2017
Filing Date:
May 18, 2017
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SONIKURE HOLDINGS LTD (CN)
WARD ELIOT MICHAEL (GB)
WARD ELIOT MICHAEL (GB)
International Classes:
A61F9/00; A61M37/00
Foreign References:
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| US20140276247A1 | 2014-09-18 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
WARD, Eliot et al. (GB)
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