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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2014
Applicant:
Novartis Ag, Basel, CH;
Inventors:
Casey Lind, Orange, CA (US);
Robert J. Sanchez, Jr., Oceanside, CA (US);
Assignee:
Novartis AG, Basel, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/00 (2006.01); A61F 9/007 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/00781 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3344 (2013.01); A61M 2210/0612 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of implanting a treatment device into an eye of a patient comprises inserting a drainage device including a flow system, an inlet tube, and an outlet tube into a subconjunctival space. The inlet tube includes a proximal end coupled to the flow system in the subconjunctival space. The method includes passing a distal end of the inlet tube through a pars plana into a posterior segment of the eye.