OCULAR IMPLANT SYSTEMS
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Abstract
Implants and methods for treating ocular disorders are disclosed. One implant has a tubular member, with inlet and outlet ends, and a cutting member connected thereto. The tubular member is configured to extend through eye tissue such that the inlet and outlet ends reside respectively in an anterior chamber and a physiologic outflow pathway of the eye. Desirably, the cutting member is configured to make an incision in the eye tissue for receiving at least a portion of the tubular member. One method involves introducing an implant, with proximal and distal ends, into the anterior chamber and penetrating eye tissue using an implant distal portion. The implant is advanced from the anterior chamber into the penetrated eye tissue to locate the distal and proximal ends respectively in the physiologic outflow pathway and the anterior chamber. Aqueous humor is conducted between the proximal and distal ends.
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26 Claims
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3. An ocular implant system, comprising:
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an ocular implant, the ocular implant comprising an elongated body, the elongated body including; an inlet port arranged on a proximal end segment of the implant to communicate with an anterior chamber of an eye; an inner lumen communicating with the inlet port; and one or more outlet ports in communication with the inner lumen and configured to drain aqueous humor to a uveoscleral outflow pathway of the eye; and an applicator preloaded with the ocular implant, the applicator including; a handpiece having a proximal end and a distal end; an elongated member coupled to a distal end of the handpiece, the elongated member being configured to be placed through an incision in an eye and into an anterior chamber of the eye to facilitate ab interno insertion and advancement of the ocular implant to an implantation location in a target site within uveal tissue of the eye, the elongated member having a sufficient length so as to extend from the incision to the target site within uveal tissue; and a deployment mechanism configured to act upon the ocular implant, the deployment mechanism and the elongated member being movable relative to each other so as to deploy the ocular implant from the elongated member and into the target site. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An ocular implant system, comprising:
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an incising member configured to form an incision in an external surface of an eye, to be advanced into the anterior chamber to a target site within uveal tissue, and to form an opening within the uveal tissue at the target site; an ocular implant, the ocular implant comprising an elongated body, the elongated body including; an inlet port arranged on a proximal end segment of the implant to communicate with an anterior chamber of an eye; an inner lumen communicating with the inlet port; and one or more outlet ports in communication with the inner lumen and configured to drain aqueous humor to a uveoscleral outflow pathway of the eye; and an applicator preloaded with the ocular implant, the applicator including; a handpiece having a proximal end and a distal end; an elongated member coupled to a distal end of the handpiece, the elongated member being configured to be placed through the incision and into the anterior chamber to facilitate ab interno insertion of the ocular implant to the target site within uveal tissue of the eye, the elongated member having a sufficient length so as to extend from the incision to the target site within uveal tissue; and a deployment mechanism configured to act upon the ocular implant, the deployment mechanism and the elongated member being movable relative to each other so as to deploy the ocular implant from the elongated member and into the target site. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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Specification