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Minimally invasive glaucoma surgical instrument and method

  • US 9,226,850 B2
  • Filed: 03/25/2013
  • Issued: 01/05/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A device for forming an opening in the trabecular meshwork of the eye of a subject, said device comprising:

  • an elongate probe having a distal end that is insertable into the anterior chamber of the eye;

    a member extending from the distal end of the elongate probe, said member having opposing upper and lower sides; and

    a cutting or ablating apparatus is located adjacent to the upper side of the member;

    said member being insertable, while the elongate shaft extends through the anterior chamber of the eye, into the Schlemm'"'"'s canal such that the member is advanceable through a portion of Schlem'"'"'s canal with the cutting or ablating apparatus cutting or ablating trabecular meshwork tissue as the member is being so advanced.

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