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US 5,342,370 AGranted
Method and apparatus for implanting an artifical meshwork in glaucoma surgery
AssigneeUniversity of Miami
InventorsGabriel Simon, Jean-Marc Legeais, William Lee, Jean-Marie Parel
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Abstract
A method and device which is used to insert an implant in order for treating an eye with glaucoma in order to lower the intraocular pressure of the eye. The implant is an artificial meshwork. The implant is attached to a guide knife which is inserted into the anterior chamber of the eye. The knife is then removed leaving the implant in place. During the operation, a prismatic lens with c-shaped vacuum ring is used to help assist the surgeon in viewing the anterior chamber of the eye and stabilizing the eye.
Claims13
A method of treating the eye for glaucoma comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a cutting tool having a blade, a handle and a carrying portion;
- b) mounting a filtering member to the carrying portion;
- c) inserting the cutting tool with the filtering member mounted thereto through a cornea of an eye of a patient and partially into the anterior chamber of the eye by causing the cornea with said blade;
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- d) withdrawing the cutting tool from the resulting incision while disengaging the filtering member from the cutting tool, whereby the filtering member is retained in the incision.
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