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Intraocular shunt implantation methods and devices

  • US 9,610,195 B2
  • Filed: 02/27/2013
  • Issued: 04/04/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for implanting an intraocular shunt in an eye, the eye comprising a sclera and an anterior chamber, the method comprising the steps of:

  • creating a passage completely through the sclera to form a space within the sclera; and

    positioning a shunt, having an inlet end and an outlet end, in the eye such that in a final position, the inlet end is in the anterior chamber, an entirety of the outlet end is in the space formed within the sclera by said creating, and the outlet end is completely surrounded by scleral tissue.

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