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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2003
Gregory Smedley, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
David Haffner, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Hosheng Tu, Newport Coast, CA (US);
Gregory Smedley, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
David Haffner, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Hosheng Tu, Newport Coast, CA (US);
Glaukoa Corporation, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to methods of treating glaucoma, such as a method that includes inserting a stent through an incision in an eye; the stent having an inflow portion that is in fluid communication with an outflow portion of the stent; transporting the stent from the incision through the anterior chamber of the eye to an aqueous cavity of the eye, such that the inflow portion of the stent is positioned in the anterior chamber and the outflow portion of the stent is positioned at the aqueous cavity; and infusing fluid from the inflow portion to the outflow portion of the stent.