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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 14, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Reay H Brown, Atlanta, GA (US);
Keith P Thompson, Atlanta, GA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ; A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604-8 ; 604-9 ; 604264 ; 604294 ; 623-4 ; 623-5 ;
Abstract
A unitary, pressure-regulating corneal implant device for use in controlling intraocular pressure of the cornea is disclosed, the implant having a conduit with a bore and a porous core material disposed in the bore for allowing egress of aqueous humor from the anterior chamber of the eye. The conduit is elongated for extending from the ocular surface of the eye substantially flush therewith through the corneal stroma, and into the anterior chamber.