| CPC A61F 9/0017 (2013.01) [A61F 2/16 (2013.01); A61F 2/1601 (2015.04); A61F 2002/1681 (2013.01); A61F 2002/1689 (2013.01); A61F 2002/16901 (2015.04); A61F 2/1691 (2013.01); A61F 9/00781 (2013.01); A61F 2210/00 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0068 (2013.01)] | 31 Claims |

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1. A method of delivering at least one therapeutic agent to an eye of a subject, the method comprising:
implanting a drug delivery component into the eye and adjacent to a fluid-permeable membrane of the eye of the subject, the drug delivery component comprising a solid non-bioerodible drug core and a solid non-bioerodible membrane encapsulating the solid non-bioerodible drug core, the solid non-bioerodible drug core comprising the at least one therapeutic agent embedded within a biocompatible polymer; and
eluting by diffusion the at least one therapeutic agent from the solid non-bioerodible drug core through the solid non-bioerodible membrane and into the eye of the subject.
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