Methods for implanting a soft gel shunt in the suprachoroidal space
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1. A method of deploying an intraocular shunt into an eye, the method comprising the steps of:
- inserting into the eye a hollow shaft, having a curved configuration and a less curved configuration, less curved than the curved configuration, and holding a soft gel intraocular shunt;
exposing the soft gel shunt, out of the shaft along a scleral spur of the eye while the shaft is in the curved configuration along the scleral spur such that the shunt forms a passage with a proximal portion of shunt residing in the anterior chamber of the eye and a distal portion of the shunt residing in the suprachoroidal space of the eye; and
withdrawing the shaft, in the less curved configuration, from the eye.
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Abstract
The invention generally relates to methods for implanting a soft gel shunt in the suprachoroidal space. In certain embodiments, methods of the invention involve inserting into the eye a hollow shaft configured to hold a soft gel intraocular shunt, deploying the soft gel shunt from the hollow shaft such that the shunt forms a passage from the anterior chamber of the eye to the suprachoroidal space of the eye, and withdrawing the hollow shaft from the eye.
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1. A method of deploying an intraocular shunt into an eye, the method comprising the steps of:
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inserting into the eye a hollow shaft, having a curved configuration and a less curved configuration, less curved than the curved configuration, and holding a soft gel intraocular shunt; exposing the soft gel shunt, out of the shaft along a scleral spur of the eye while the shaft is in the curved configuration along the scleral spur such that the shunt forms a passage with a proximal portion of shunt residing in the anterior chamber of the eye and a distal portion of the shunt residing in the suprachoroidal space of the eye; and withdrawing the shaft, in the less curved configuration, from the eye. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of deploying an intraocular shunt into an eye, the method comprising the steps of:
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inserting into the eye a hollow shaft, having a curved configuration and a less curved configuration, less curved than the curved configuration, and holding an intraocular shunt, wherein the shunt comprises a material; exposing the shunt out of the shaft, while the shaft is in the curved configuration, such that the shunt forms a curved passage with a proximal portion of shunt residing in the anterior chamber of the eye and a distal portion of the shunt residing in the suprachoroidal space of the eye; and withdrawing the shaft, in the less curved configuration, from the eye. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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