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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2008
Hosheng Tu, Newport Coast, CA (US);
Gregory T. Smedley, Irvine, CA (US);
David Haffner, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Barbara A. Niksch, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Hosheng Tu, Newport Coast, CA (US);
Gregory T. Smedley, Irvine, CA (US);
David Haffner, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Barbara A. Niksch, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Glaukos Corporation, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for treating ocular disorders are disclosed. One system has an implant and a delivery device. The implant has inlet and outlet portions, a lumen extending therebetween and communicating with inlet and outlet ports. The implant is sized so that in use aqueous humor flows from an anterior chamber of an eye through the implant and into a uveal scleral outflow path of the eye. The delivery device is configured to advance the implant from within the anterior chamber, with the outlet portion leading the inlet portion, to a location where the outlet and inlet ports respectively communicate with the uveal scleral outflow path and the anterior chamber. One method involves advancing an implant from within the anterior chamber, and draining fluid from therein such that fluid flows into an implant inlet port and out through an implant outlet port and into the uveal scleral outflow path.