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Medical device and methods of use of glaucoma treatment

  • US 7,094,225 B2
  • Filed: 05/03/2002
  • Issued: 08/22/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for treating tissue of trabecular meshwork of an eye by directing a liquid flow through the trabecular meshwork in an opposite direction of a physiological aqueous outflow pathway, the method comprising:

  • contacting the trabecular meshwork with a distal end of an elongate tubular member;

    applying suction to a surface of the trabecular meshwork through a lumen in said elongate tubular member;

    flowing fluid into Schlemm'"'"'s canal of the eye through an end of an elongate body, said end of the elongate body being positioned in Schlemm'"'"'s canal; and

    aspirating said fluid from Schlemm'"'"'s canal through said elongate tubular member.

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