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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Novartis Ag, Basel, CH;
Inventor:
Michael Yablonski, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Novartis AG, Basel, CH;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/36 (2006.01); A61F 9/007 (2006.01); A61M 27/00 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61M 3/02 (2006.01); A61M 1/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/00781 (2013.01); A61M 1/36 (2013.01); A61M 27/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical technique and device wherein an indwelling tube is placed in the eye of a patient having glaucoma. The tube diverts aqueous humor from the anterior chamber to the suprachoroidal space from which it is removed by blood flowing in the choroidal and uveal tissues. This decreases the intraocular pressure.