Methods and Apparatus for Delivering Ocular Implants Into the Eye
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1. A method of deploying an ocular implant into Schlemm'"'"'s canal of a human eye comprising:
- piercing trabecular meshwork and a wall of Schlemm'"'"'s canal with a distal tip of a delivery tool from within an anterior chamber of the eye;
inserting the distal tip of the delivery tool into Schlemm'"'"'s canal; and
operating an advancement mechanism from outside of the eye to advance an ocular implant through a curved portion and a distal opening of the delivery tool and to place a body portion of the ocular implant in Schlemm'"'"'s canal and an inlet portion of the ocular implant in the anterior chamber.
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Abstract
A method of deploying an ocular implant into Schlemm'"'"'s canal of a human eye including the following steps: inserting a distal tip of a delivery tool within an anterior chamber of the eye through trabecular meshwork of the eye into Schlemm'"'"'s canal of the eye; and advancing an ocular implant through a curved portion and a distal opening of the delivery tool to place a body portion of the ocular implant in Schlemm'"'"'s canal and an inlet portion of the ocular implant in the anterior chamber.
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1. A method of deploying an ocular implant into Schlemm'"'"'s canal of a human eye comprising:
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piercing trabecular meshwork and a wall of Schlemm'"'"'s canal with a distal tip of a delivery tool from within an anterior chamber of the eye; inserting the distal tip of the delivery tool into Schlemm'"'"'s canal; and operating an advancement mechanism from outside of the eye to advance an ocular implant through a curved portion and a distal opening of the delivery tool and to place a body portion of the ocular implant in Schlemm'"'"'s canal and an inlet portion of the ocular implant in the anterior chamber. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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