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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2021
Stent implant for treating glaucoma by means of intraocular fluid drainage from the anterior chamber
Carl Zeiss Meditec Ag, Jena, DE;
Martin Hacker, Jena, DE;
Martin Kuehner, Bad Klosterlausnitz, DE;
Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Jena, DE;
Abstract
A stent implant for treating glaucoma by intraocular fluid drainage from the anterior chamber, for example into the suprachoroidal space. The stent implant is designed to change in shape after being inserted into the eye, during which change the width and/or thickness or the flow cross-section is increased by for example 20%, in another example more than 200%, and in a further example by more than 400%, at least one point of the stent implant. In the case of intraocular fluid drainage from the anterior chamber into the suprachoroidal space, a cyclodialysis cleft which may open can be largely or completely closed. With appropriate adjustments, the stent implant can also be applied in trabecular, uveoscleral, uveolymphatic and subconjunctival applications for intraocular fluid drainage from the anterior chamber. The implant can even be used for direct intraocular fluid discharge from the anterior chamber onto the surface of the eye.