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Ocular collar stent for treating narrowing of the irideocorneal angle

  • US 10,265,161 B2
  • Filed: 03/03/2016
  • Issued: 04/23/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An annular ocular stent for insertion in an irideocorneal angle of an anterior chamber of an eye, the stent comprising:

  • a continuous annular central portion;

    an anterior portion protruding in an anterior direction from the central portion and being configured to provide variable contact around a circumference of the stent with a surface of a transition zone between a trabecular meshwork and a corneal endothelium of the eye; and

    a posterior portion extending in a posterior direction from the central portion, the posterior portion being configured to contact a portion of a peripheral iris of the eye,wherein the posterior portion comprises a plurality of posterior supports extending radially along a posterior surface of the central portion from an inner radial edge of the central portion toward an outer radial edge of the central portion.

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