US Patent Issued to SIGHT SCIENCES on March 31 for "Ocular delivery systems and methods" (California, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,024, issued on March 31, was assigned to SIGHT SCIENCES INC. (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Ocular delivery systems and methods" was invented by David Y. Badawi (Glenview, Ill.), Daniel O'Keeffe (San Francisco) and Paul Badawi (Atherton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described here are systems and methods for accessing Schlemm's canal and for delivering an ocular device or fluid composition therein. The ocular devices may maintain the patency of Schlemm's canal without substantially interfering with transmural fluid flow across the canal. The fluid composition may be a viscoelastic fluid that is delivered into the canal to facilitat...