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Delivery system and method of use for the eye

  • US 10,159,601 B2
  • Filed: 11/09/2017
  • Issued: 12/25/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method, of maintaining an opening in a trabecular meshwork of a patient'"'"'s eye to conduct fluid from an anterior chamber into Schlemm'"'"'s canal of the eye, comprising:

  • positioning an intraocular implant through an opening in the trabecular meshwork of the eye, the implant having a proximal portion configured to reside in the anterior chamber of the eye, the proximal portion comprising a proximal opening, a distal portion configured to reside in Schlemm'"'"'s canal of the eye, the distal portion comprising a proximally-facing surface and a distal opening, and a passageway extending in a straight line from the proximal opening to the distal opening;

    engaging an inner wall of Schlemm'"'"'s canal with the proximally-facing surface of the distal portion to self-retain the intraocular implant in the inner wall of Schlemm'"'"'s canal; and

    conducting fluid, through the passageway, from the proximal opening of the implant to the distal opening of the implant, such that fluid flows from the anterior chamber into Schlemm'"'"'s canal through the implant.

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