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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2015
Applicant:
Ivantis, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Andrew T. Schieber, Irvine, CA (US);
John Wardle, San Clemente, CA (US);
Edward Matthees, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Charles L. Euteneuer, St. Michael, MN (US);
Assignee:
IVANTIS, INC., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/16 (2006.01); A61F 9/007 (2006.01); A61F 2/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/00781 (2013.01); A61B 17/3417 (2013.01); A61B 17/3468 (2013.01); A61F 2/148 (2013.01); A61F 2/15 (2015.04);
Abstract
A method of deploying an ocular implant into Schlemm's canal of a human eye including the following steps: inserting a distal tip of a delivery tool within an anterior chamber of the eye through trabecular meshwork of the eye into Schlemm's canal of the eye; and advancing an ocular implant through a curved portion and a distal opening of the delivery tool to place a body portion of the ocular implant in Schlemm's canal and an inlet portion of the ocular implant in the anterior chamber.