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US 9,539,087 B2Granted
Intravitreous self adaptive stent
AssigneeEmpire Technology Development LLC
InventorRongping Dai
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are devices, methods and kits for a stent for treating an eye, comprising a flexible material, wherein the stent is self adaptive to a dimension of a vitreous cavity in the eye.
Claims19
A stent for an eye, comprising:
- a flexible material,
- wherein the stent is of an annular shape at a body temperature, and has a distal and a proximal end, and is self-adaptive to a dimension of a vitreous cavity in the eye by a self-adaptive zone which is located at the distal end and has either:
- a single opening which divides the annular shape of the stent along its height;
- or
- a fold which projects radially inwards and extends along the height of the annular shape of the stent;
- and wherein the self-adaptive zone has a width in a range of about 1-8 mm;
- and further wherein the stent has a height of about 5 mm.
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A method of treating an ocular disease in a subject, comprising:
- implanting a stent in an eye of the subject wherein the stent comprises a flexible material,
- wherein the stent is of an annular shape at a body temperature, and has a distal and a proximal end, and is self-adaptive to a dimension of a vitreous cavity in the eye by a self-adaptive zone which is located at the distal end and has either:
- a single opening which divides the annular shape of the stent along its height;
- or
- a fold which projects radially inwards and extends along the height of the annular shape of the stent;
- and wherein the self-adaptive zone has a width in a range of about 1-8 mm;
- and further wherein the stent has a height of about 5 mm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.