Intrascleral shunt placement
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1. A method comprising inserting, through a cornea, an implant in an eye having (i) an anterior chamber and (ii) a sclera, to form a channel through the sclera and thereby establish fluid communication between the anterior chamber and the channel.
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Abstract
Glaucoma can be treated by implanting an intraocular shunt into an eye. The eye has an anterior chamber and sclera. A shunt can be placed into the eye to establish fluid communication from the anterior chamber of the eye through the sclera.
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- 1. A method comprising inserting, through a cornea, an implant in an eye having (i) an anterior chamber and (ii) a sclera, to form a channel through the sclera and thereby establish fluid communication between the anterior chamber and the channel.
- 11. A method comprising inserting an intraocular shunt through a cornea of an eye, and positioning an outlet end of the shunt in a channel formed within sclera and an inlet end of the shunt in an anterior chamber of the eye.
- 18. A method comprising piercing a cornea of an eye with a hollow shaft, advancing the shaft to form a channel through sclera, and positioning an outlet end of a shunt within the channel without contacting the outlet end with conjunctiva and an inlet end of the shunt within an anterior chamber of the eye to diffuse fluid from the anterior chamber via subconjunctival drainage and episcleral lymphatic pathways.
- 26. A method comprising inserting, through a cornea, an implant into an eye to establish a diffusion pathway from an anterior chamber of the eye to subconjunctival drainage and episcleral lymphatic pathways without contacting the implant with conjunctiva.
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