EXPANDABLE IMPLANTABLE PRESSURE SENSOR FOR INTRAOCULAR SURGERY
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1. A method of treating an eye having a tissue structure, the method comprising:
- inserting an implantable sensor device into the eye, the implantable sensor device having a pressure sensor and an electrically conductive coil structure coupled to the pressure sensor, wherein the electrically conductive coil structure engages a tissue structure of the eye to hold the implantable sensor device within the eye.
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Abstract
Implantable pressure sensors provide for the direct measurement of IOP, for example following cataract surgery. The implantable sensors can couple to the capsule, for example separately from an IOL (intraocular lens), such that the sensor can be used with many commercially available IOLs. The surgeon can identify an IOL appropriate for the patient and place the implantable sensor when the patient has been identified as having glaucoma or at risk for glaucoma. The implantable sensor device can be implanted during IOL surgery.
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1. A method of treating an eye having a tissue structure, the method comprising:
inserting an implantable sensor device into the eye, the implantable sensor device having a pressure sensor and an electrically conductive coil structure coupled to the pressure sensor, wherein the electrically conductive coil structure engages a tissue structure of the eye to hold the implantable sensor device within the eye. - View Dependent Claims (2, 13)
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3. A method of treating an eye having lens, the lens having a capsule, the method comprising:
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inserting an intraocular lens (IOL) within the capsule, the IOL comprising a haptic to expand against the capsule; and inserting an implantable sensor device within the capsule, the implantable sensor device having a pressure sensor and an electrically conductive coil structure coupled to the pressure sensor, wherein the electrically conductive coil structure engages an interior periphery of the capsule to hold the implantable sensor within the capsule. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A device for measuring an intraocular pressure of an eye having a lens, the lens having a tissue structure, the device comprising:
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a pressure sensor; and an expandable electrically conductive coil structure coupled to the pressure sensor, wherein the expandable coil structure comprises a resilient material to urge the coil structure against the tissue structure to hold the coil structure and the pressure sensor within the eye. - View Dependent Claims (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)
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