Combination treatment using ELT
AssigneeElios Vision, Inc.
InventorsJohannes Junger, Markus Enders
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Abstract
A method of treating a subject having glaucoma comprises performing excimer laser trabeculostomy (ELT) on a subject having glaucoma and having previously undergone a failed treatment or a treatment that has been rendered ineffective by progression of the disease. In some examples, the failed treatment is a non-surgical treatment comprising administering medicated eye drops. In some examples, the failed treatment is a laser treatment or surgical treatment, such as a trabeculoplasty, iridotomy, iridectomy, trabeculectomy, trabeculotomy, goniotomy, surgical insertion of a shunt or implant, deep sclerectomy, viscocanalostomy, or a combination thereof.
Claims19
A method of treating a subject having glaucoma comprising:
- determining that medicated eye drops are no longer effective for treating the glaucoma in an eye of the subject, wherein the medicated eye drops were previously used to treat the glaucoma of the subject and wherein the medicated eye drops are no longer effective for treating the glaucoma of the subject where the medicated eye drops no longer control intra-ocular pressure (IOP) of the eye of the subject at a desired level;
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- after the determining that the medicated eye drops are no longer effective for treating the glaucoma of the subject, causing an excimer laser trabeculostomy (ELT) to be performed on the subject having the glaucoma, wherein the ELT comprises:
- making an incision in the eye of the subject,
- inserting a fiber probe into the incision in the eye of the subject,
- positioning a delivery tip of the fiber probe at a trabecular meshwork of the eye of the subject, and
- applying a plurality of shots from an excimer laser to the trabecular meshwork of the eye of the subject.
A method of treating a subject having glaucoma comprising:
- treating the glaucoma of the subject with medicated eye drops;
- determining that the medicated eye drops are no longer effective for treating the glaucoma of the subject;
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- after the determining that the medicated eye drops are no longer effective for treating the glaucoma of the subject, performing excimer laser trabeculostomy (ELT) on the subject, wherein the ELT comprises:
- inserting a fiber probe into an eye of the subject, and
- applying a plurality of shots from an excimer laser to a trabecular meshwork of the eye of the subject.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.