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IMPLANTABLE OCULAR PUMP TO REDUCE INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE

  • US 20100056979A1
  • Filed: 11/13/2009
  • Published: 03/04/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An apparatus for transporting aqueous humor from an anterior chamber of an eye, the apparatus comprising:

  • an inlet configured to receive aqueous humor from the anterior chamber;

    an outlet configured to output aqueous humor to an existing physiologic outflow pathway outside the anterior chamber, said outlet shaped and sized to reside substantially in the existing physiologic outflow pathway; and

    a pump configured to pump aqueous humor from the inlet to the outlet, the pump comprising a pair of substantially one-way valves that are spaced to provide a fluid chamber therebetween, the pump being sized and configured to be disposed generally within the anterior chamber or the existing physiologic outflow pathway.

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