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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2010
Herbert A. Reitsamer, Salzburg, AT;
Guenther Grabner, Salzburg, AT;
Christopher Horvath, Desert Hot Springs, CA (US);
Laszlo O. Romoda, San Clemente, CA (US);
Herbert A. Reitsamer, Salzburg, AT;
Guenther Grabner, Salzburg, AT;
Christopher Horvath, Desert Hot Springs, CA (US);
Laszlo O. Romoda, San Clemente, CA (US);
AqueSys, Inc., Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention generally relates to devices for deploying intraocular shunts without the use of an optical apparatus that contacts an eye, such as a goniolens. In certain embodiments, devices of the invention include a housing, a deployment mechanism at least partially disposed within the housing, and a hollow shaft coupled inside the housing to the deployment mechanism, in which the shaft is configured to hold an intraocular shunt, and the device includes an insertion configuration and a deployment configuration and the insertion configuration involves the shaft being fully disposed within the housing.