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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2010
Thomas A. Silverstrini, Alamo, CA (US);
Richard S. Lilly, San Jose, CA (US);
Thomas A. Silverstrini, Alamo, CA (US);
Richard S. Lilly, San Jose, CA (US);
Transcend Medical, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
Described herein are delivery devices and methods of using the devices for delivering an ocular implant into a suprachoroidal space without use of a goniolens. The delivery device includes a handle including a channel extending from a proximal end of the handle to a distal end of the handle, an applier coupled to the handle, the applier including a blunt distal tip and an elongate, flexible wire insertable through a fluid channel of an ocular implant, and a fiber optic image bundle reversibly inserted through the channel such that the fiber optic image bundle extends to a region proximal to the blunt distal tip of the applier.