Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Treatment method and stent
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Application No.: US15423930Application Date: 2017-02-03
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Publication No.: US10143586B2Publication Date: 2018-12-04
- Inventor: Naoko Maruyama
- Applicant: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Sheridan Ross. P.C.
- Priority: JP2016-022262 20160208
- Main IPC: A61F9/007
- IPC: A61F9/007 ; A61F2/82 ; A61F9/00 ; A61F2/962

Abstract:
A treatment method is provided that includes an introduction step of introducing a transparent stent into a vitreous body of an eyeball, an expansion step of causing the stent to expansively deform inside the vitreous body to bring a retina into contact with a retinal pigment epithelium, and a placement step of placing the stent in the vitreous body with the stent keeping the retina in contact with the retinal pigment epithelium.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170224535A1 TREATMENT METHOD AND STENT Public/Granted day:2017-08-10
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