Methods and devices for treating a retinal detachment
AssigneeVitrean Inc.
InventorsIra Hyman SCHACHAR, Ronald A. SCHACHAR
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Abstract
A method of treating a detachment of a retina of an eye, the method including the steps of injecting a substance into a vitreous cavity of the eye, the substance slowing flow of fluid through the vitreous cavity into a subretinal space to reduce a rate of accumulation of a subretinal fluid in the subretinal space to below a rate of removal of the subretinal fluid from the subretinal space by retinal pigment epithelium; and permitting the retinal pigment epithelium to reattach the retina. The invention also includes devices for practicing the method.
Claims19
A method of treating an ocular condition, the method comprising:
- injecting a substance comprising hyaluronic acid formulated as a solution with a concentration greater than 5% by weight into a vitreous cavity of an eye;
- and
- slowing flow of water and/or solutes through fluid in the vitreous cavity.
A method of treating an ocular condition, the method comprising:
- injecting a substance having a viscosity of greater than 10,000,000 (cps) (resting) into a vitreous cavity of an eye;
- and
- slowing flow of water and/or solutes through fluid in the vitreous cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.