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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
May. 16, 2014
Applicant:
Ivantis, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
John Wardle, San Clemente, CA (US);
Andrew T. Schieber, Irvine, CA (US);
Kenneth M. Galt, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
IVANTIS, INC., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/007 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/00781 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of treating glaucoma in a human eye by inserting a distal exit port of a cannula at least partially into Schlemm's canal of the eye; delivering a dye through the cannula into Schlemm's canal; identifying obstructions within Schlemm's canal; and delivering an ocular implant through the cannula into Schlemm's canal.