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US 10,743,984 B2Granted
Optic nerve support implant
AssigneeAlcon Inc.
InventorsNicholas Max Gunn, Andrew David Johnson
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Abstract
Ophthalmic implants and methods of use that provide structural support to the optic nerve are disclosed herein. An adhesive and/or ophthalmic implant may be delivered to an optic nerve of an eye to relieve pressure on the optic nerve. The ophthalmic implant may include a base portion that includes a first surface and a second surface opposing the second surface and a protrusion from the second surface for extending into a cup of an optic nerve in an eye.
Claims13
An ophthalmic implant comprising:
- a disc-shaped base portion comprising a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface;
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- a centrally located protrusion from the second surface shaped and sized to extend into a cup of an optic nerve in an eye;
- wherein the ophthalmic implant is optically transparent.
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A system for optic nerve support comprising:
- a disc-shaped ophthalmic implant shaped and sized to attach to an optic nerve of an eye, the ophthalmic implant comprising a base portion and a centrally located protrusion from the base portion shaped and sized to extend into a cup of the optic nerve, wherein the centrally located protrusion is the only protrusion on the ophthalmic implant, and further wherein a diameter of the protrusion is about 1 mm to about 4 mm, and wherein a thickness of the ophthalmic implant at the protrusion is about 1 mm to about 2 mm, wherein the ophthalmic implant has a diameter of about 2 mm to about 6 mm, and wherein the ophthalmic implant has a thickness at a circumference of the base portion of about 0.25 mm to about 1 mm;
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- an adhesive for binding the ophthalmic implant to the optic nerve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.