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US 12,594,187 B2Granted
Glaucoma shunts and related methods of use
AssigneeHexiris Inc.
InventorsHoufar Sekhavat, Nir Shoham-Hazon
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Abstract
Glaucoma shunts including an elongate body with an outer surface and an inner surface, the elongate body comprising an inner wall that defines a lumen spanning a length of the elongate body are disclosed herein. Also disclosed are methods of decreasing intraocular pressure in an eye, the method comprising inserting at least a portion of a glaucoma shunt into an anterior chamber of the eye, and draining aqueous humour from the anterior chamber through the lumen.
Claims8
A glaucoma shunt comprising:
- a) an elongate body extending along a longitudinal axis and defining a lumen that extends from a proximal end to a distal end of the elongate body, the lumen being dimensioned to convey aqueous humor from an anterior chamber of an eye to a subconjunctival space;
- b) a pair of anchors projecting laterally from opposing sides of the elongate body at a common longitudinal location, each anchor having a distal anchor end spaced from the elongate body in an extended configuration, wherein each of the distal anchor ends projects toward the proximal end of the elongate body,
- wherein each anchor is formed from a flexible, resilient, biocompatible material and is deformable toward the elongate body during passage through a hollow needle and returns to the extended configuration after exiting the hollow needle, and
- wherein in the extended configuration, each of the distal anchor ends is oriented at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the elongate body to limit displacement of the elongate body relative to surrounding ocular tissue by engaging and abutting against an external surface of the eye.
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