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Glaucoma treatment method

  • US 8,961,447 B2
  • Filed: 02/25/2013
  • Issued: 02/24/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An ocular implant adapted to reside at least partially in a portion of Schlemm'"'"'s canal of a human eye, the implant comprising:

  • a body configured to extend within Schlemm'"'"'s canal in a curved volume having a large radius side and a short radius side, the body having a circumferential extent within the curved volume that varies along the length of the body between sections having a lesser circumferential extent and sections having a greater circumferential extent, wherein the body defines a channel extending longitudinally through the body, the channel having a substantially open side disposed on the large radius side at one of the sections of lesser circumferential extent and an adjacent section of greater circumferential extent and a plurality of openings along the length of the body on the short radius side, the openings being in fluid communication with the channel; and

    ,an inlet portion configured to be disposed in an anterior chamber of the eye when the body is in Schlemm'"'"'s canal, the inlet portion disposed on a proximal end of the body in fluid communication with the channel, the inlet portion defining one or more openings in fluid communication with the anterior chamber of the eye.

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