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US 2025/0017776 A1Published application
Ocular implant with leading tip and method of deployment
AssigneeAlcon Inc.
InventorBrett Allen TRAUTHEN
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Abstract
Disclosed is an ocular implant with a flexible leading tip and methods of deploying the ocular implant. The leading tip can comprise a tip distal segment and a tip proximal segment. The leading tip can be tapered such that a diameter or width of the leading tip along the tip proximal segment is greater than the diameter or width of the leading tip along the tip distal segment.
Claims22
An ocular implant, comprising:
- a tubular body extending in a curved configuration and configured to lower an intraocular pressure of an eye when implanted within Schlemm's canal of the eye, wherein a longitudinal axis of the tubular body forms an arc, wherein the tubular body comprises:
- a distal portion and a proximal portion,
- a plurality of openings disposed in between the distal portion and the proximal portion, and
- a plurality of tissue supporting frames and spines connecting the tissue supporting frames, wherein each of the openings is surrounded by at least one of the tissue supporting frames;
- and
- a leading tip coupled to the distal portion of the tubular body, wherein the leading tip is configured to guide the tubular body into Schlemm's canal.
3 more elements
A leading tip for guiding an implant into Schlemm's canal, comprising:
- a tip distal segment;
- and
- a tip proximal segment, wherein the leading tip is tapered such that a diameter or width of the leading tip along the tip proximal segment is greater than the diameter or width of the leading tip along the tip distal segment.
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A method of deploying an ocular implant, comprising:
- positioning a distal end of a leading tip in Schlemm's canal of an eye, wherein a proximal segment of the leading tip is coupled to a distal portion of a tubular body of the ocular implant;
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- advancing the leading tip further into Schlemm's canal by advancing the tubular body via a delivery tool engaged with the tubular body, wherein the leading tip is flexible such that the leading tip conforms to a curvature of Schlemm's canal when advanced further into Schlemm's canal, and wherein the distal portion of the tubular body is guided into Schlemm's canal by the proximal segment of the leading tip.
-55. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.