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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2011
Christopher Horvath, Desert Hot Springs, CA (US);
Ronald D. Bache, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Laszlo O. Romoda, San Clemente, CA (US);
Guenther Grabner, Salzburg, AT;
Herbert A. Reitsamer, Salzburg, AT;
John R. Samples, Portland, OR (US);
Christopher Horvath, Desert Hot Springs, CA (US);
Ronald D. Bache, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Laszlo O. Romoda, San Clemente, CA (US);
Guenther Grabner, Salzburg, AT;
Herbert A. Reitsamer, Salzburg, AT;
John R. Samples, Portland, OR (US);
AqueSys, Inc., Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention generally relates to devices and methods for implanting a shunt in the suprachoroidal space of an eye. In certain aspects, devices of the invention include a housing, a deployment mechanism at least partially disposed within the housing, and a flexible hollow shaft coupled to the deployment mechanism, in which the shaft holds an intraocular shunt, and is configured to self-guide the shunt along a scleral spur of an eye as the shunt is deployed from the shaft. Such a device may be inserted into an eye and used to deploy a shunt within the eye such that a proximal portion of the shunt receives fluid from an anterior chamber of an eye and a distal portion of the shunt directs the fluid to the suprachoroidal space.