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Devices and methods for treatment of ocular disorders

  • US 7,867,186 B2
  • Filed: 08/05/2003
  • Issued: 01/11/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of implanting a plurality of implants for treating an ocular disorder, comprising:

  • inserting an instrument into an eye through an incision;

    utilizing said instrument to deliver a first implant through a wall of Schlemm'"'"'s canal at a first location;

    utilizing said instrument to deliver a second implant through a wall of Schlemm'"'"'s canal at a second location, without removing said instrument from the eye between said deliveries of said implants; and

    conveying aqueous humor from an anterior chamber of the eye to a fluid outflow path of the eye using said first implant and said second implant;

    wherein said locations are determined by imaging collector channel locations; and

    wherein when said implants are positioned in said instrument at least one of said implants has an outlet orifice positioned in a direction transverse to an axis of said instrument.

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