UVEOSCLERAL DRAINAGE DEVICE
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1. An ophthalmic shunt, comprising:
- an elongate body having a forward end, a spaced back end, an upper surface, and a lower surface;
an insertion head extending from the forward end of the elongate body and being continuous with the elongate body, the insertion head defining a shearing edge constructed and arranged for cutting eye tissue;
a conduit having a first end defined on the insertion head and a first branch extending through the elongate body from the forward end to the back end of the elongate body and a second branch extending through the elongate body to the upper surface of the elongate body;
a connector extending from the upper surface of the elongate body, the connector encompassing and lengthening the second branch, wherein the second branch forms a lumen within the connector;
a plate having an upper and a lower surface, the lower surface of the plate extending from the connector opposite the elongate body and the connector creating a space between the upper surface of the elongate body and the lower surface of the plate.
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Abstract
An ophthalmic shunt implantable in an eye having an elongate body and a branched conduit for conducting aqueous humor from an anterior chamber of the eye to the suprachoroidal space of the eye and the subconjunctival space, and a plate extending from an upper surface of the elongate body.
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1. An ophthalmic shunt, comprising:
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an elongate body having a forward end, a spaced back end, an upper surface, and a lower surface; an insertion head extending from the forward end of the elongate body and being continuous with the elongate body, the insertion head defining a shearing edge constructed and arranged for cutting eye tissue; a conduit having a first end defined on the insertion head and a first branch extending through the elongate body from the forward end to the back end of the elongate body and a second branch extending through the elongate body to the upper surface of the elongate body; a connector extending from the upper surface of the elongate body, the connector encompassing and lengthening the second branch, wherein the second branch forms a lumen within the connector; a plate having an upper and a lower surface, the lower surface of the plate extending from the connector opposite the elongate body and the connector creating a space between the upper surface of the elongate body and the lower surface of the plate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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57. A method for treating glaucoma in an eye comprising:
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inserting at least a portion of a first end of a biocompatible ophthalmic shunt through the sclera and suprachoroidal space into the anterior chamber of an eye such that at least a portion of the first end is in fluid communication with the anterior chamber of the eye; positioning a second portion of the shunt into a suprachoroidal space of the eye such that at least a portion the second portion of the shunt is in fluid communication with the suprachoroidal space; and positioning a third portion of the shunt into the subconjunctival space of the eye such that at least a portion of the third portion of the shunt is in communication with the subconjunctival space. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68)
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