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US 2022/0054309 A1Published application
Glaucoma treatment methods
OwnerJaie Chia-Hsin Kuo, Ruth Iling Kuoinventors
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Abstract
A method of surgically altering trabecular meshwork of an eye to create a throughput hole on the meshwork without an implant or a permanent stent comprising inserting an applicator into the meshwork, wherein the applicator has a meshwork-contacting element at its tip section to contact the meshwork and provide energy or mechanical force to the contacted trabecular meshwork.
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A method of surgically altering trabecular meshwork of an eye to create at least one throughput hole on said meshwork comprising:
- inserting a meshwork-contacting element of an applicator into said meshwork and contacting said meshwork, wherein said meshwork-contacting element provides energy or mechanical force to the contacted trabecular meshwork, and thereafter removing the applicator from the eye.
A method of surgically delivering a pharmaceutical ingredient to trabecular meshwork of an eye comprising:
- inserting a meshwork-contacting element of a hollow applicator into the meshwork and contacting the meshwork, wherein a surface-medicated balloon is inserted through a lumen of the applicator to the meshwork-contacting element, wherein the surface-coated pharmaceutical ingredient or therapeutic drug is released by inflating the balloon outwardly toward the contacted meshwork, and thereafter removing the applicator from the eye.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.