US Patent Issued to Ocular Therapeutix on Oct. 6 for "Intracanalicular depot inserter device" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,859, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Ocular Therapeutix Inc. (Bedford, Mass.).

"Intracanalicular depot inserter device" was invented by Peter Jarrett (Burlington, Mass.) and Erik Wong (Newton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed in certain embodiments is an intracanalicular injectable applicator device includes a body forming a cavity and a cannula coupled to a first distal end of the body. The cannula forms a channel that is aligned with the cavity of the body. The cannula is configured to store an intracanalicular injectable in the channel. The intracanalicular injectable applicator device further includes a tip structu...