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Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 08, 2019
Applicant:

Aquesys, Inc., Aliso Viejo, CA (US);

Inventors:

Christopher Horvath, Mission Viejo, CA (US);

Laszlo O. Romoda, San Clemente, CA (US);

Assignee:

Aquesys, Inc., North Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/007 (2006.01); A61F 9/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/00781 (2013.01); A61F 9/0017 (2013.01); A61F 9/00736 (2013.01); A61B 17/3468 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3492 (2013.01); A61F 2009/0052 (2013.01);
Abstract

An intraocular shunt can be placed into the eye in an ab externo approach. A clinician may determine an entry area below a corneal limbus of an eye and a target outflow region. Thereafter, the clinician can insert a hollow shaft into the eye at the entry area toward an anterior chamber of the eye, the shaft carrying an intraocular shunt therein. The clinician can position an inflow end of the shunt within the anterior chamber of the eye and, while maintaining the shunt inflow end in the anterior chamber, can remove the shaft from the eye to release the shunt. Finally, the clinician can repositioning an outflow end of the shunt within the target outflow region and verify placement of the outflow end of the shunt within the target outflow region.


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