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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2013
Glaukos Corporation, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Hosheng Tu, Newport Coast, CA (US);
Barbara A. Niksch, Capistrano Beach, CA (US);
David Steven Haffner, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Gregory T. Smedley, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Richard A. Hill, Irvine, CA (US);
Olav B. Bergheim, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Glaukos Corporation, San Clemente, CA (US);
Abstract
An embodiment of a system for shunting aqueous humor from an anterior chamber of an eye includes an implant having an elongated body made of biocompatible material and a delivery device. At least a portion of the elongated body is implantable between a sclera and a ciliary body while the elongated body resides entirely within the confines of the sclera and a cornea with the proximal end of the implant being configured to reside within an anterior chamber angle and a lumen extending from at least one inlet port of the implant, through at least a portion of the elongated body, to one or more outlet ports of the implant so as to drain fluid from the anterior chamber toward a choroid of the eye. The delivery device includes an elongated member with a curved distal end portion to deliver the implant using an ab interno procedure.