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Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 26, 2023
Applicant:

Alcon Inc., Fribourg, CH;

Inventors:

Todd Taber, Keller, TX (US);

Kathryn Jensen, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Michael Piazza, Crowley, TX (US);

Jestwin Edwin Lee, IV, Grandview, TX (US);

Saumya Dilip Yadav, Arlington, TX (US);

Pradeep Shivalingappa Magadum, Arlington, TX (US);

Austin Xavier Rodeheaver, Arlington, TX (US);

Assignee:

ALCON INC., Fribourg, CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/167 (2013.01); A61F 2/1675 (2013.01); A61F 2/1678 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0093 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0069 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus for delivering an implant to an eye using hydraulic fluid flow or pressure. An implant may be stored, advanced, and delivered to an eye using hydraulic fluid stored in a sterile container through a hollow advancement plunger. The plunger may rigidly advance the implant to a sealed position in a first phase, and then the implant may be advanced into the eye via hydraulic pressure or fluid flow in a second phase.


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