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US 2004/0024345 A1Published application
Glaucoma implant with valveless flow bias
OwnerMorteza Gharib, Hosheng Tuinventors
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An implant for treating glaucoma in an eye is described, the implant including an inflow portion sized and shaped to fit in the anterior chamber of the eye; an outflow portion sized and shaped fit in at least one of Schlemm's canal, an aqueous collector channel, and an episcleral vein; and a lumen that permits fluid communication from the inflow portion to the outflow portion of the implant, the lumen being configured such that, for a first flow F(i-o) through the lumen in a direction from an inflow end of the implant to an outflow end of the implant, at a first pressure difference P(i-o) between a higher pressure at the inflow end and a lower pressure at the outflow end, said first flow F(i-o) is greater than a second flow F(o-i) through the lumen in a direction from the outflow end to the inflow end, at a second pressure difference P(o-i) between a higher pressure at the outflow end and a lower pressure at the inflow end, where the magnitude of P(o-i) is equal to P(i-o).
An implant for treating glaucoma in an eye, the implant comprising:
An implant for treating glaucoma in an eye, the implant comprising:
An implant for treating glaucoma in an eye, the implant comprising:
A method of treating glaucoma in an eye, comprising:
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