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Glaucoma implant device and method for implanting same

  • US 5,370,607 A
  • Filed: 10/28/1992
  • Issued: 12/06/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/28/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A device to be surgically implanted in an eye for treating glaucoma by draining aqueous humor out of the anterior chamber of the eye, said device comprising:

  • a main reservoir having a base surface, a tube end, a flexible tube depended from said tube end and adapted to be shunted to the anterior chamber for draining fluid therefrom and into said main reservoir, and;

    stabilization means comprised of a plurality of wings extended away from said main reservoir and adapted to cooperatively associate with the extraocular muscles of the eye, said wings each having an elongated neck portion and an anchoring head enlarged relative to said neck portion to allow for releasable locking engagement with the extraocular muscles.

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