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Device and method for regulating intraocular pressure

  • US 5,713,844 A
  • Filed: 01/10/1997
  • Issued: 02/03/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/10/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A physiologically compatible intraocular device for regulating intraocular pressure, comprising:

  • a reservoir sized and configured for attachment to an eye for receiving aqueous outflow from an anterior chamber of said eye;

    an interior tube sized and configured for positioning in said eye with one terminus opening into said anterior chamber and the other terminus opening into said reservoir, said interior tube having a flexible wall for controlling said aqueous outflow from said anterior chamber to said reservoir upon application of pressure to said flexible wall; and

    an expandable exterior tube having closed ends sized and configured for positioning in said eye and encasing said interior tube along a length of said interior tube, said expandable exterior tube for receiving exogenous fluid to provide said pressure to said interior tube flexible wall, thereby regulating said aqueous fluid flow through said interior tube.

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