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US 2016/0256320 A1Published application
Intraocular shunt placement in the suprachoroidal space
AssigneeAqueSys, Inc.
InventorsChristopher HORVATH, Ronald D. BACHE, Laszlo O. ROMODA, Guenther GRABNER, Herbert A. REITSAMER, John R. SAMPLES
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Abstract
Glaucoma can be treated by implanting an intraocular shunt into the eye. Such procedures can employ various deployment devices, shunts, and implantation techniques. A method for treating glaucoma can include injecting a drug into the eye and positioning an intraocular shunt in eye tissue such that the shunt conducts fluid from the anterior chamber to the suprachoroidal space.
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A method of deploying an intraocular shunt into an eye, the method comprising:
- inserting into the eye a hollow shaft, having a curved configuration and a less curved configuration, less curved than the curved configuration, and holding an intraocular shunt;
- injecting a drug into the eye;
- exposing the shunt, out of the shaft along a scleral spur of the eye while the shaft is in the curved configuration along the scleral spur such that the shunt forms a passage with a proximal portion of the shunt residing in an anterior chamber of the eye and a distal portion of the shunt residing in the suprachoroidal space;
- withdrawing the shaft, in the less curved configuration, from the eye.
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A method of deploying an intraocular shunt into an eye, the method comprising:
- inserting into the eye a hollow shaft, having a curved configuration and a less curved configuration, less curved than the curved configuration, and holding an intraocular shunt;
- injecting a drug into the eye;
- exposing the shunt out of the shaft, while the shaft is in the curved configuration, such that the shunt forms a curved passage with a proximal portion of shunt residing in an anterior chamber of the eye and a distal portion of the shunt residing in the suprachoroidal space;
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- withdrawing the shaft, in the less curved configuration, from the eye.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.