Methods for intraocular shunt placement

A method of delivering an intraocular shunt into an eye having an anterior chamber, a sclera, and a Tenon's capsule, the method comprising the steps of:

• inserting into the anterior chamber a hollow shaft, the hollow shaft (a) having a beveled tip at a distal end of the hollow shaft and (b) holding the intraocular shunt with a proximal end of the shunt within the hollow shaft and a distal end of the shunt positioned closer to the distal end of the hollow shaft than is the proximal end of the shunt, the shunt comprising a pharmaceutical or biological agent deliverable to the eye;
• advancing the hollow shaft into the sclera;
• orienting a beveled surface of the beveled tip such that the beveled surface faces away from the sclera when the beveled tip passes out of the sclera;
• after the beveled tip passes out of the sclera, advancing at least a portion of the shunt from the hollow shaft;
• with the proximal end of the shunt in the anterior chamber, retracting the hollow shaft from the shunt;
• wherein the shunt comprises a pharmaceutical or biological agent deliverable to the eye after release of the shunt into the eye.