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Methods for intraocular shunt placement

  • US 9,393,153 B2
  • Filed: 09/03/2014
  • Issued: 07/19/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of delivering an intraocular shunt into an eye having an anterior chamber, a sclera, and a Tenon'"'"'s capsule, the method comprising the steps of:

  • advancing a hollow shaft through the anterior chamber, the hollow shaft (a) having a beveled tip at a distal end of the hollow shaft and (b) holding the intraocular shunt with a proximal end of the shunt within the hollow shaft and a distal end of the shunt positioned closer to the distal end of the hollow shaft than is the proximal end of the shunt;

    penetrating the sclera with the hollow shaft;

    orienting a beveled surface of the beveled tip such that the beveled surface faces toward the Tenon'"'"'s capsule when the beveled tip passes out of the sclera;

    after the beveled tip passes out of the sclera, advancing at least a portion of the shunt from the hollow shaft; and

    positioning the proximal end of the shunt in the anterior chamber.

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